Chandra's Spitfire
Creature — Elemental
Flying
Whenever an opponent is dealt noncombat damage, this creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #13520
Chandra's Spitfire turns any noncombat damage your opponents take into a one-shot threat — deal three damage once, and it swings for +3 power that turn, stacking per instance. Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker by pinging for one damage twice, which means Spitfire clocks in at 4 power on the same turn the commander transforms, for two mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh pings opponents to flip into her planeswalker side, and every one of those pings pumps Chandra's Spitfire by +3 — two activations before the flip already puts Spitfire at 7 power on the same turn, making it the most dangerous payoff in the 99.
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 |
In Commander, Chandra's Spitfire is a legitimate threat in any red deck that generates frequent noncombat damage — Torbran, Neheb, and Chandra planeswalker builds all trigger it repeatedly in a single turn, and hitting three opponents with a single damage effect stacks the bonus three times. Outside of Commander, it sees fringe play in older formats like Modern and Legacy only in dedicated burn or Chandra-tribal shells, where the ceiling is high but the competition for three-drops is brutal. Pioneer is the format where it has the most plausible niche, specifically in Mono-Red Aggro lists that want a secondary threat behind the direct-damage suite. Across all formats, the card rewards redundancy — one ping is underwhelming, but in a deck engineered to fire multiple times a turn, Chandra's Spitfire closes games by itself.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Chandra's Spitfire is pure bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with genuine combo upside in the right shell. That price is stable; there's no pressure pushing it higher, so grab copies whenever you're building around noncombat damage rather than hunting for them later.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.