Nova Chaser
Creature — Elemental Warrior
Trample
Champion an Elemental (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Elemental you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $2.48
- EDHREC rank
- #18995
Nova Chaser hits the table as a 10/2 trampler for four mana — one of the best power-to-cost ratios in red — and the champion mechanic means pairing it with Molten Echoes turns a copy into a free second 10/2 before anything can block. The catch is real: you're sacrificing the championed Elemental the moment Nova Chaser leaves, so this card lives and dies by how fast you can end the game or protect it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nova Chaser is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. In Legacy and Modern, a 10/2 with no evasion beyond trample folds to any chump blocker and gets two-for-one'd by a single Fatal Push, which is a poor exchange in formats with efficient answers everywhere. Commander is where Nova Chaser earns its slot — Elemental tribal decks can generate enough token fodder to feed the champion cost repeatedly, and the sheer size of the creature demands an answer the turn it enters or the game can end on the spot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.48 cheap tier
At $2.48, Nova Chaser sits in a comfortable budget range that makes it an easy include for any Elemental tribal Commander list. Demand is narrow enough that the price has stayed flat, so don't expect it to spike — but don't expect to find it cheaper either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.