Lead-Belly Chimera
Artifact Creature — Chimera
Trample
Sacrifice this creature: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #29651
Lead-Belly Chimera grants all your creatures trample for three mana — no hoops, no conditions, just a static anthem effect that turns every blocked creature into a damage sponge. The body is forgettable, but the effect is real enough to earn a slot in any stompy or go-wide shell that needs to punch through chump blockers.
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 |
Commander is the only competitive home for Lead-Belly Chimera — Legacy and Vintage can run it but never will, since those formats have no interest in a three-mana enchantment creature that doesn't generate immediate card advantage. In Commander, it slots cleanly into creature-based aggro and token strategies that flood the board and need trample to close games against defensive tables. It's legal in Oathbreaker as well, where the faster pace makes the three-mana investment slightly more costly but the trample anthem still does its job in a creature-heavy build.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Lead-Belly Chimera is deep bulk — a pickup that costs nothing to try and nothing to cut. Bulk enchantment creatures with narrow applications don't appreciate, so treat it as a utility piece rather than a hold.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.