Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Name
Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Mana Cost

Type
Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

Set
Magic Online Promos

Rarity
Mythic

Text

+1: Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.
+1: Add .
−3: Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature.
−7: You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."


Loyalty
4

Number
#70934

Other Prints
Commander Masters
Reality Fracture
Kaladesh
Kaladesh Remastered
Reality Fracture Promos
Kaladesh Promos
San Diego Comic-Con 2017
San Diego Comic-Con 2018
Pioneer Challenger Decks 2021
Signature Spellbook: Chandra

Legal Formats
Alchemy | Brawl | Commander | Duel | Future | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Pioneer | Standard | Standard Brawl | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online

Rulings

(20/09/2016)
The emblem created by Chandra's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.


(20/09/2016)
Chandra's emblem's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.


(20/09/2016)
If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Chandra's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast this card only during combat") are not.


(21/08/2026)
Chandra's emblem's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack.


(21/08/2026)
An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands. If the card exiled with Chandra's first ability is a land card, you can't play it and Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.


(21/08/2026)
If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Chandra's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast this card only during combat") are not.


(21/08/2026)
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Chandra's first ability causes 4 damage total to be dealt to the opposing team.


(21/08/2026)
You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.


(21/08/2026)
The emblem created by Chandra's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.


(21/08/2026)
Loyalty abilities can't be mana abilities. Chandra's second ability uses the stack and can be countered or otherwise responded to. Like all loyalty abilities, it can be activated only once per turn, during your main phase, when the stack is empty, and only if no other loyalty abilities of the planeswalker have been activated this turn.


(20/09/2016)
An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands. If the card exiled with Chandra's first ability is a land card, you can't play it and Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.


(20/09/2016)
Loyalty abilities can't be mana abilities. Chandra's second ability uses the stack and can be countered or otherwise responded to. Like all loyalty abilities, it can be activated only once per turn, during your main phase, when the stack is empty, and only if no other loyalty abilities of the planeswalker have been activated this turn.


(20/09/2016)
You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.


(20/09/2016)
In a Two-Headed Giant game, Chandra's first ability causes 4 damage total to be dealt to the opposing team.


Artist
Terese Nielsen

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