Chandra's Outburst
Sorcery
Chandra's Outburst deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
Search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Chandra, Bold Pyromancer, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #18770
Chandra's Outburst deals 4 damage to any target and draws a card — that's a two-for-one at instant speed for four mana, which is the floor of acceptable in Commander. The catch is the fine print: it only draws if you control a Chandra planeswalker, making Chandra's Outburst a strict build-around rather than a general-purpose spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker by dealing three damage with instants and sorceries, and Chandra's Outburst hits that damage threshold alone while simultaneously drawing a card once she's on the battlefield — meaning the spell both enables the flip condition early and rewards you for completing it later.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Chandra's Outburst is a Commander-only card in practice. In Constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, four mana for a conditional Lightning Helix variant doesn't come close to competing with the density of efficient removal and card draw already available. In Commander, the condition is easier to satisfy because the whole deck is built around a Chandra planeswalker anyway, and drawing a card off a removal spell is a meaningful tempo gain in a 100-card singleton format where consistency is hard to come by. Outside of dedicated Chandra builds, skip it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Chandra's Outburst sits firmly in bulk territory — it costs nothing to slot in and nothing to lose if the build changes. Bulk rares with narrow conditions rarely appreciate, so treat it as a free include for the right deck rather than a pickup with upside.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.