Gauntlets of Chaos
Artifact
, Sacrifice this artifact: Exchange control of target artifact, creature, or land you control and target permanent an opponent controls that shares one of those types with it. If those permanents are exchanged this way, destroy all Auras attached to them.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24564
Gauntlets of Chaos lets you swap a permanent you control with a permanent an opponent controls that shares a type — a forced exchange that can be brutally one-sided when you're trading a token for a Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider. The five-mana activation cost is steep, but a single well-timed swap can flip a game state entirely.
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 |
Gauntlets of Chaos is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's effectively a Commander card — the effect is too slow and conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where the game ends before a five-mana repeatable swap matters. In Commander, it occupies a narrow but real niche in theft and politics builds, where trading a low-value permanent for an opponent's high-value one is a legitimate game plan. Oathbreaker can support it in the right shell, but the smaller starting hand size and faster pace make the activation cost harder to justify.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Vorinclex, Monstrous RaiderDevoted DruidGauntlets of Chaos
Infinite green mana
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Altanak, the Thrice-CalledGauntlets of ChaosSentinelLure
Target opponent loses the game; Infinite card draw for target opponent; Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
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Altanak, the Thrice-CalledGauntlets of ChaosMartyrdom
Target opponent loses the game; Infinite card draw for target opponent; Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
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Altanak, the Thrice-CalledGauntlets of ChaosSoltari Guerrillas
Target opponent loses the game; Infinite card draw for target opponent; Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Gauntlets of Chaos isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. As an older card with a narrow application, copies tend to be inexpensive — if you're building a Zedruu or chaos-politics deck, it's worth picking up whenever you find one at a reasonable price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.