Chandra's Triumph
Instant
Chandra's Triumph deals 3 damage to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls. Chandra's Triumph deals 5 damage instead if you control a Chandra planeswalker.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16690
Chandra's Triumph hits any creature or planeswalker for three damage — and jumps to five if you control a Chandra planeswalker, which is exactly the context you run it in. It's a conditional upgrade on a removal spell, and the condition is one the deck already wants to meet.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh flips into a planeswalker the moment she deals enough damage, which means Chandra's Triumph reliably hits at five damage in the same deck that's working to flip her — the upgrade isn't occasional, it's structural.
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 Triumph is a Commander card in practice — the bonus damage requires a Chandra on board, and stacking multiple Chandras is a strategy that only makes sense in a 100-card singleton format built around her. In competitive formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, three damage to a creature for two mana is below rate, and the conditional five-damage ceiling doesn't compensate when you can't reliably control a specific planeswalker type. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Chandra's Triumph earns its slot, since your signature spell sits in the command zone and the five-damage mode is almost always online.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Chandra's Triumph is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if you're building any Chandra-themed Commander deck. Bulk conditional removal doesn't appreciate; the price is where it is because the card's usefulness is narrow, not because supply is hiding value.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.