Kor Chant
Instant
All damage that would be dealt this turn to target creature you control by a source of your choice is dealt to another target creature instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23009
Kor Chant redirects all damage that would be dealt to one of your creatures this turn onto another creature — a combat trick that can save a key piece, trade an attacker into a blocker, or kill an opponent's creature by dumping lethal damage onto it. The cost is a single white mana at instant speed, which makes it efficient, but its narrow window and situational ceiling keep it out of most competitive lists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kor Chant occupies a niche protection slot — it stops a commander from dying to combat damage or a burn-style spell, but the effect ends at a single turn and doesn't protect from removal, which limits how often it actually changes a game. Pauper is where Kor Chant has seen its most serious play, since the common card pool makes single-target damage redirection more impactful and white weenie or life-gain shells can leverage the trick to trade up on blockers. Legacy and Vintage both have access to it legally, but the sheer density of instant-speed interaction in those formats means a one-shot damage redirect rarely clears the bar for a deck slot.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Kor Chant isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. As a common with limited competitive demand, it typically sits well under a dollar and is easy to pick up in bulk.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.