Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Legendary Creature — Human Minion
Mana cost: {2}{B}{R}
How we read this card
You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn.
activated Discard a card —
activated Discard a card — brings a card back
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
triggered — grants haste
What a deck led by this card wants
Causes: discard a card, cast a creature, a creature leaves a graveyard.
Cares about: a nontoken creature enters the battlefield, a creature in a graveyard.
Works well with
put a creature into a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this.
- Rankle and Torbran — Rankle and Torbran puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- War Elemental — When War Elemental is in the graveyard, Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring it back
- Shriveling Rot — Shriveling Rot puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Ayara, First of Locthwain — Ayara, First of Locthwain puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Mogg Bombers — When Mogg Bombers is in the graveyard, Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring it back
- Flame-Kin War Scout — When Flame-Kin War Scout is in the graveyard, Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring it back
- Foot Chopper — Foot Chopper puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Blasting Station — Blasting Station puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Tainted Aether — Tainted Aether puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
- Lethal Vapors — Lethal Vapors puts cards into the graveyard that Chainer, Nightmare Adept can bring back
2,759 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (Chainer is one).
Chainer, Nightmare Adept:
- Samwise Gamgee — puts cards into the graveyard that Samwise Gamgee can bring back
- Bloodbond March — puts cards into the graveyard that Bloodbond March can bring back
- Thor, God of Thunder — puts cards into the graveyard that Thor, God of Thunder can bring back
- Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy — puts cards into the graveyard that Gale, Waterdeep Prodigy can bring back
- Harness the Storm — puts cards into the graveyard that Harness the Storm can bring back
- Transplant Theorist — puts cards into the graveyard that Transplant Theorist can bring back
- Heart-Shaped Herb — puts cards into the graveyard that Heart-Shaped Herb can bring back
- Wayward Angel — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Wayward Angel needs
- Rescue from the Underworld — puts cards into the graveyard that Rescue from the Underworld can bring back
- Victimize — puts cards into the graveyard that Victimize can bring back
434 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Chainer is one).
- Adaptive Omnitool — When Chainer, Nightmare Adept attacks, Adaptive Omnitool searches a library
199 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
put a nontoken creature onto the battlefield — 18,448 cards in the game can cause this.
When a creature enters thanks to:
- Portcullis — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Descendants' Fury — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Kaya's Ghostform — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Feign Death — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Undying Malice — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Vincent's Limit Break — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Demonic Gifts — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Unholy Indenture — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
- Shade's Form — Chainer, Nightmare Adept grants haste
18,438 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it boosts — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
- Vanquisher's Banner — Vanquisher's Banner gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Vibrating Sphere — Vibrating Sphere gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Raiders' Spoils — Raiders' Spoils gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Paragon of Open Graves — Paragon of Open Graves gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Quest for the Goblin Lord — Quest for the Goblin Lord gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Memorial Team Leader — Memorial Team Leader gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Chronicle of Victory — Chronicle of Victory gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Door of Destinies — Door of Destinies gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Infinite Hourglass — Infinite Hourglass gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
- Heroes' Podium — Heroes' Podium gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept bigger stats
19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it makes cheaper to cast — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
- Heartless Summoning — Heartless Summoning reduces what Chainer, Nightmare Adept costs
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots — Rakdos, Lord of Riots reduces what Chainer, Nightmare Adept costs
- Herald's Horn — Herald's Horn reduces what Chainer, Nightmare Adept costs
- Planar Gate — Planar Gate reduces what Chainer, Nightmare Adept costs
- Urza's Incubator — Urza's Incubator reduces what Chainer, Nightmare Adept costs
19,387 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it grants abilities to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
- Corrosive Mentor — Corrosive Mentor gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept wither
- Hexing Squelcher — Hexing Squelcher gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept ward
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne — Bloodcrusher of Khorne gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept trample
- Two-Headed Giant of Foriys — Two-Headed Giant of Foriys gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra ability
- Filth — Filth gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept swampwalk
- Foriysian Totem — Foriysian Totem gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra ability
- Echo Circlet — Echo Circlet gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra ability
- Vanguard's Shield — Vanguard's Shield gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra ability
- Akroma's Memorial — Akroma's Memorial gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept first strike, flying, haste, protection, trample and vigilance
- Conspiracy — Conspiracy gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra ability
19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it applies speed increase to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
- Urabrask the Hidden — Urabrask the Hidden gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Tannuk, Steadfast Second — Tannuk, Steadfast Second gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Tuktuk Rubblefort — Tuktuk Rubblefort gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Anger — Anger gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Thousand-Year Elixir — Thousand-Year Elixir gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Barbarian Class — Barbarian Class gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Emblem of the Warmind — Emblem of the Warmind gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Fervor — Fervor gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Rage Reflection — Rage Reflection gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
- Rising of the Day — Rising of the Day gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept haste
19,382 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.
a creature it grants types to — 19,392 cards in the game can cause this.
- Amorphous Axe — Amorphous Axe gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra creature type
- Runed Stalactite — Runed Stalactite gives Chainer, Nightmare Adept an extra creature type
19,390 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.