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Chronozoa

Creature — Illusion

Flying
Vanishing 3 (This creature enters with three time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter from it. When the last is removed, sacrifice it.)
When this creature dies, if it had no time counters on it, create two tokens that are copies of it.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Planar Chaos
Price
$9.65
EDHREC rank
#11756
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Chronozoa card art
Chronozoa enters with three time counters, and when the last one ticks off it replaces itself with two fresh copies — an engine that turns removal into a hydra problem for your opponents. Solemnity short-circuits the counter requirement entirely, making every Chronozoa that hits the table an immediate pair, and The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler turns each vanishing trigger into a repeatable card-advantage event.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Tenth DoctorRose Tyler

The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler

26.0% of decks · synergy 0.25

The Tenth Doctor // Rose Tyler triggers off cards leaving your hand and creatures with time counters, so Chronozoa's vanishing loop generates exactly the kind of repeated non-token ETB events the deck wants to exploit — each self-replacing copy is another trigger on a fresh clock.

02
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds

13.7% of decks · synergy 0.13

Obeka, Splitter of Seconds manipulates end steps in ways that can skip the upkeep counter-removal entirely, letting Chronozoa sit on the board indefinitely or pop on demand, turning a slow inevitability engine into a controlled token factory.

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

Commander is where Chronozoa actually lives — the 100-card singleton format gives you room to build around Solemnity or other counter-manipulation payoffs, and the slower pace lets the vanishing clock actually matter. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with formats where a five-mana 3/3 that takes three turns to do anything meaningful doesn't clear the bar. Modern is the same story: the power floor is too low and the payoff too slow against decks operating at a different speed. Chronozoa is a Commander card with a Legacy stamp — treat it accordingly.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Pentavus fills a similar self-replicating creature role at a comparable price point, though it requires mana investment to split rather than doing it automatically on a timer. If the appeal of Chronozoa is the infinite-with-Solemnity angle specifically, Triskelion and Thopter Assembly offer their own redundant loops at lower entry cost, though neither generates the same hands-off inevitability.

Price Context

Current price

$9.65 mid tier

At $9.65, Chronozoa sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough to feel in a budget build, reasonable enough for a dedicated combo slot. It's a niche card with a narrow audience, so the price is stable rather than climbing; you're paying for a unique effect, not chasing a spec.

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