Skip to content
Chandra, Torch of Defiance, art by Magali Villeneuve
Art by Magali Villeneuve · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
Selected printing · USD
$3.05
checked Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfall
Scryfall page →

Chandra, Torch of Defiance

{2}{R}{R} · Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

+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 {R}{R}. −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."

Rulings (7)

Sep 20, 2016 · The emblem created by Chandra's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.

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

Sep 20, 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.

Sep 20, 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.

Sep 20, 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.

Sep 20, 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.

Sep 20, 2016 · Chandra's emblem's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperNot legal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=449 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Boros PonzaModern21.3%1–3×108
Mono Red StompyLegacy11.1%9
Boros EnergyModern0.3%332
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

Price

Chandra, Torch of Defiance — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=2 snapshots
Data as of Jun 14, 2026 · Scryfallcasthaven.com

Recent qualifying decks