Chase Inspiration
Instant
Target creature you control gets +0/+3 and gains hexproof until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19510
Chase Inspiration untaps a creature and draws you cards equal to its power — on someone else's turn, at instant speed. Four mana is the honest price for that much work, and in any deck running a high-power creature it wants to protect, this slot is justified.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Chase Inspiration earns its slot in decks that already want to attack with one large threat repeatedly — Voltron commanders, tap-to-win engines like Fallowsage or Ooze-tribal, and anything running creatures with power-matters payoffs. The untap clause is the real draw: it doubles as pseudo-vigilance and sets up combat tricks or activated abilities mid-stack. Outside Commander, four mana is too slow for Pauper, Modern, or Pioneer, where cheaper cantrips dominate and a single creature rarely sticks long enough to matter. Legacy and Vintage have the power density to ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Chase Inspiration is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking twice when building on a tight budget. Bulk commons rarely climb unless they find a dominant competitive home, and this one is squarely a casual card, so expect the price to stay right where it is.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.