Chimeric Sphere
Artifact
: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a 2/1 Construct artifact creature with flying.: Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a 3/2 Construct artifact creature and loses flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #29700
Chimeric Sphere pays two mana and a tap to turn itself into a 2/1 flyer or a 3/2 ground beater until end of turn — the numbers are too small to matter in Commander, and a colorless artifact that asks you to spend mana and a tap just to attack once is not a card that earns a slot. It sees fringe play only in highly specific artifact-count or improvise shells, and even there better options exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Chimeric Sphere is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander it lacks the scale to be relevant — a temporary 2/1 flyer or 3/2 is not a threat at a 40-life multiplayer table, and the tap cost means it can't block the turn you activate it. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful colorless artifacts and would never spend a slot here. Oathbreaker is its best theoretical home, where lower power floors are more common, but even there Chimeric Sphere competes against artifact synergy pieces that do more.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Chimeric Sphere is deep bulk — the price reflects the demand, which is nearly zero. It won't lose value because there's nowhere left to fall, but there's no reason to seek it out either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.