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Chimeric Coils

Artifact

{X}{1}: This artifact becomes an X/X Construct artifact creature. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{1}
Color identity
C
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Fifth Dawn
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#27754
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Chimeric Coils card art
Chimeric Coils enters as a 0/0 artifact creature that grows to X/X until end of turn — flash in a blocker or attacker for exactly one turn, then it dies and resets as a zero-cost artifact ready to be looped. The entire reason to run it is Salvaging Station, which untaps whenever a nontoken artifact with mana value 0 dies, turning Chimeric Coils into a repeatable engine piece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Chimeric Coils is a niche role-player that earns its slot only in dedicated Salvaging Station loops or artifact recursion builds — outside of that axis it does nothing. Legacy and Vintage allow it but have no meaningful shell that wants it; the Station combo is too slow and fragile in those formats to compete. Modern is the same story: legal, irrelevant. Chimeric Coils is a Commander card through and through, and even there it belongs in exactly one type of deck.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Chimeric Coils is deep bulk — the price reflects how narrow it is. It holds that floor because the Salvaging Station combo keeps a small, stable demand alive, so don't expect it to fall further or climb meaningfully.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.