Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Legendary Creature — Human Minion3/2$0.74
Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
Legal in Commander
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Rewards
Combos 3
Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
Coretapper does not have summoning sickness.
Steps
Activate Coretapper's first ability by tapping it, putting a charge counter on Magistrate's Scepter. Activate Coretapper's second ability by sacrificing it, putting two charge counters on Magistrate's Scepter. Activate Magistrate's Scepter's second ability by tapping it and removing three charge counters from it, taking an extra turn after this one. During your next extra turn's main phase, activate Chainer by discarding a card, allowing you cast Coretapper from your graveyard this turn. Cast Coretapper by paying {2}. When Coretapper enters the battlefield, Chainer triggers, giving Coretapper haste until your next turn. Repeat each turn.
Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Sidisi, Undead Vizier + Nexus of Fate
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have not cast a creature spell using Chainer this turn. You have at least one card in hand.
Steps
Activate Chainer by discarding a card, allowing you to cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Cast Sidisi from your graveyard by paying {3}{B}{B}. When Sidisi enters the battlefield, its exploit ability and Chainer trigger. Resolve the Chainer trigger, giving Sidisi haste until end of turn. Resolve the Sidisi trigger, causing you to sacrifice Sidisi. Sidisi's second ability triggers, causing you to search your library for Nexus of Fate and put it into your hand. Cast Nexus of Fate by paying {5}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one and shuffle Nexus of Fate into your library. Repeat each turn.
Chainer, Nightmare Adept + Sidisi, Undead Vizier + Beacon of Tomorrows
- Infinite turns
Commander Spellbook ↗How it works
Before you start
You have not cast a creature spell using Chainer this turn. You have at least one card in hand.
Steps
Activate Chainer by discarding a card, allowing you to cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Cast Sidisi from your graveyard by paying {3}{B}{B}. When Sidisi enters the battlefield, its exploit ability and Chainer trigger. Resolve the Chainer trigger, giving Sidisi haste until end of turn. Resolve the Sidisi trigger, causing you to sacrifice Sidisi. Sidisi's second ability triggers, causing you to search your library for Beacon of Tomorrows and put it into your hand. Cast Beacon of Tomorrows by paying {6}{U}{U}, causing you to take an extra turn after this one and shuffle Beacon of Tomorrows into your library. Repeat each turn.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook. Only combos of 2 or 3 named cards are listed.
Best commanders
Commanders whose abilities work with this card and share its colors, from what the cards do.
- Terra, Magical Adept // Esper TerraTerra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Niv-Mizzet, SupremeNiv-Mizzet, Supreme casts cards from your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use.
- Sol'Kanar the TaintedSol'Kanar the Tainted blinks / re-enters your creatures, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it triggers when your creatures enter.
- Dihada, Binder of WillsDihada, Binder of Wills fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Jirina KudroChainer, Nightmare Adept is a Human, which Jirina Kudro can use.
- Silvar, Devourer of the FreeChainer, Nightmare Adept is a Human, which Silvar, Devourer of the Free can use.
- Norman Osborn // Green GoblinNorman Osborn // Green Goblin fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Terra, Herald of HopeTerra, Herald of Hope fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Sauron, Lord of the RingsSauron, Lord of the Rings fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.
- Scion of the Ur-DragonScion of the Ur-Dragon fills your graveyard, which Chainer, Nightmare Adept can use because it casts cards from your graveyard.