RedLegendary Creature — Human Shaman // Legendary Planeswalker — ChandraChandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame
Mana value3Rank#9,999
The Commander
Whenever you cast a red spell, untap Chandra.
: Chandra deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. If Chandra has dealt 3 or more damage this turn, exile her, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
+1: Chandra deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
−2: Chandra deals 2 damage to target creature.
−7: Chandra deals 6 damage to each opponent. Each player dealt damage this way gets an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, this emblem deals 3 damage to you."
Guide
Gameplan
Chandra enters as a creature that pings players for 1 and untaps every time you cast a red spell, letting her flip into a planeswalker after dealing 3 damage in a turn. Once flipped, she's a burn engine that throws damage at faces and creatures while building toward an ultimate that can outright end the game. Cast a flood of cheap red spells to flip her fast, then grind opponents down with direct damage and a wide red shell.
Strengths
- Repeatable, commander-tax-free direct damage that can flip into a sticky planeswalker
- Rewards cheap red spell density, so spellslinger and burn synergies come naturally
- Mono-red consistency with easy access to ramp, rituals, and impulse draw
- Her ultimate (-7) is a near-game-ending burst plus persistent emblem damage
Weaknesses
- Damage-based and slow against high life totals across three opponents
- Vulnerable as a 2-power creature before flipping; chump blocks or removal stall her
- Mono-red lacks card advantage and struggles versus heavy lifegain or board wipes
- Loyalty abilities only hit one target, so she's weak at multiplayer board control
Key Cards
- Reckless Fireweaver — Turns your cheap red spells and burn into incidental life loss across the table while you flip Chandra.
- Birgi, God of Storytelling — Generates mana off every red spell cast, fueling chains that untap Chandra repeatedly.
- Sundial of the Infinite — Lets you keep Chandra untapped tricks and protect loyalty by ending turns to dodge effects.
- Torbran, Thane of Red Fell — Adds 2 to every instance of red damage, supercharging Chandra's pings and burn spells.
- Underworld Breach — Recasts cheap red spells from the graveyard, enabling explosive untap chains and combo finishes.
- Jeska's Will — Generates a burst of mana and cards to dump multiple red spells in one turn and flip Chandra instantly.
Upgrade Path
Lean into damage doublers (Torbran, Fiery Emancipation) and cost reducers to make every red spell hit harder and flip her faster. Add ritual and free-spell density (Jeska's Will, Pyretic Ritual, Birgi) plus recursion like Underworld Breach to enable explosive single-turn chains. Round out with mono-red staples for card flow (Wheel of Misfortune, impulse draw) and protection like Sundial of the Infinite to keep her on the board.
Core Cards
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Win Conditions
- ▸Flip to Chandra, Roaring Flame and ultimate for 6 damage plus a lethal emblem
- ▸Burn opponents out with stacked damage amplifiers like Torbran and Reckless Fireweaver
- ▸Combo off with rituals, untap triggers, and Underworld Breach for repeated direct damage
- ▸Go wide with red aggro creatures while Chandra picks off blockers and planeswalkers
Archetypes
- Spellslinger — Her untap trigger off every red spell rewards a deck packed with cheap instants and sorceries.
- Burn — She is a recurring damage source that pairs with a critical mass of direct-damage spells to burn out the table.
- Combo — Untap-on-cast plus rituals and recursion like Underworld Breach can chain into lethal or infinite damage loops.
- Aggro — A cheap commander that pressures life totals and supports a fast, low-curve red creature shell.
Combos
No combos found for this commander on Commander Spellbook.
Related Commanders
Same color identity (R), by popularity.
