Loathsome Chimera
Creature — Chimera
Escape—
, Exile three other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
This creature escapes with a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #27735
Loathsome Chimera is a 6/1 trample for three mana — absurd stats for the cost, with a self-replacing escape clause that sends it back to your hand when it dies. The catch is a mandatory attack trigger that makes it a liability without a sacrifice outlet or a way to exploit that death.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Loathsome Chimera fits narrow shells — sacrifice loops, aristocrats strategies, or any deck that wants a cheap, oversized body that refunds itself on death rather than leaving you down a card. In Pauper it's a genuine threat: three mana for a 6/1 trample is above rate for common-legal aggro, and the return-to-hand clause mitigates attrition better than most cards at this cost. Modern and Legacy have no room for it — the mandatory attack is a hard stop against the interaction density of those formats. Pioneer sits in the same category: the stats are real, but the constraint is punishing enough that cleaner threats take every slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Loathsome Chimera is deep bulk — buy a playset for a quarter and never think about the price again. Don't expect that to move; it's a niche common with no constructed breakout in sight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.