Coralhelm Chronicler
Creature — Merfolk Wizard
Whenever you cast a kicked spell, draw a card, then discard a card.
When this creature enters, look at the top five cards of your library. You may reveal a card with a kicker ability from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22211
Coralhelm Chronicler turns every kicked spell into a free card, stapling a draw engine onto a 2/3 body for three mana. The cost is running enough kicker spells to make it consistent — lean on it in dedicated kicker builds and it pays off immediately; elsewhere it's a 2/3 that does nothing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Coralhelm Chronicler is a Commander card first and foremost — the format's longer games and higher density of synergy-driven decks let it generate three or four cards over a game in a kicker shell, which is exactly the rate you need from a three-drop. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional; dedicated kicker support is thin in those formats and a 2/3 that draws nothing on turn three is below rate. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it. Stick to Commander, specifically Hallar or Verazol builds, and it earns its slot.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Coralhelm Chronicler isn't currently available in this listing. Check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market price before picking it up — as a narrow build-around with a small target audience, it tends to sit below $2 in most market conditions.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.