Chillbringer
Creature — Elemental
Flying
When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25095
Chillbringer enters the battlefield and taps a creature down while stapling a flying 3/3 body to the deal — solid tempo, no mana sink required after casting. Five mana is the honest cost, and at that rate it's a role-player in slower formats rather than a staple.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Chillbringer finds its niche in blink and flicker decks where the enter-the-battlefield trigger fires repeatedly — one tap is a nuisance, five taps across a game is a soft lock. In Pauper it competes in commons-legal skies strategies that want a flying body and incidental tempo, though five mana is a steep ask in that format's faster metagame. Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana 3/3 that taps one creature when the same slot can hold creatures that win the game outright. Pioneer sits in the same camp — the card simply doesn't clear the efficiency bar. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: usable in blink shells, otherwise a casual inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Chillbringer is deep bulk — buy a dozen without thinking about it. Bulk commons rarely move on price unless a format-breaking deck adopts them, and nothing on the horizon suggests that for Chillbringer.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.