Tin-Wing Chimera
Artifact Creature — Chimera
Flying
Sacrifice this creature: Put a +2/+2 counter on target Chimera creature. It gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29566
Tin-Wing Chimera gives you a flying, lifelink, trample threat that can scale absurdly — but only if you're already deep in a Phyrexian artifact synergy shell that can feed it counters. Without that infrastructure, it's a mediocre evasion body that belongs nowhere near your 99.
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 |
Tin-Wing Chimera is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it realistically sees play is Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a conditional payoff creature when those formats reward consistent, fast threats. In Commander, Tin-Wing Chimera belongs in artifact-heavy or Phyrexian-tribal lists where oil counter generation is abundant — outside that niche, the ceiling stays low.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Tin-Wing Chimera is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It's a stable bulk rare that won't spike without a dedicated Commander combo build pushing it, so grab copies cheaply now if the shell fits and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.