Spellheart Chimera
Creature — Chimera
Flying, trample
Spellheart Chimera's power is equal to the number of instant and sorcery cards in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #15235
Spellheart Chimera enters with power equal to the number of instants and sorceries in your graveyard — in a spell-heavy deck, that's a flying trample threat that closes games faster than most dedicated win conditions. The Emperor of Palamecia shells that churn through spells make the Chimera absurdly easy to scale, and three mana is a low ask for a creature that can swing for eight or more by turn five.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Emperor of Palamecia
The Emperor of Palamecia incentivizes casting spell after spell, and Spellheart Chimera converts every one of those into raw power — the Chimera's graveyard count grows in lockstep with the engine The Emperor of Palamecia is already running, so it doubles as both a beatdown threat and a live measure of how far ahead the deck is.
Melek, Reforged Researcher
Melek, Reforged Researcher cares about instants and sorceries at every stage of the game, and Spellheart Chimera is a natural payoff that scales directly with the spell count Melek, Reforged Researcher is building toward — the trample and flying on a creature that can easily hit double-digit power makes it a legitimate alternative win condition in a deck that might otherwise win purely through value.
Rielle, the Everwise
Rielle, the Everwise rewards wheel and discard effects with card draw, which means the graveyard fills fast — Spellheart Chimera turns that same graveyard into damage, giving Rielle, the Everwise decks a combat threat that grows alongside the draw engine rather than competing with it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Spellheart Chimera earns its slot in spell-slinger builds that want a proactive threat alongside their value generation — the flying trample clock is real, and the payoff scales with the exact thing those decks are already doing. In Modern and Pioneer, it can't compete with the density of superior threats available; Stormwing Entity, Bedlam Reveler, and Crackling Drake all do something similar but with better rate or immediate impact. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for a three-mana creature that doesn't immediately end the game. Spellheart Chimera is a Commander card through and through — the longer the game, the bigger the reward, and Commander is the one format that actually gives it time to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Spellheart Chimera is pure bulk — pick it out of a common box or grab a playset for pocket change. It's not a card that holds or gains value; it's a role-player you acquire once and forget about the price of forever.
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Sources
Mentioned
- The Emperor of Palamecia
- Melek, Reforged Researcher
- Rielle, the Everwise
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.