Volatile Chimera

Volatile Chimera

Creature — Elemental Chimera

Mana cost: {2}{R}

How we read this card

Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile three or more creature cards you drafted that aren't in your deck.

static —

static —

Choose a card at random you exiled with cards named Volatile Chimera. This creature becomes a copy of that card, except it has this ability.

activated {1}{R} — copies a permanent

activated {1}{R} — grants a keyword

Causes: exile a creature, shuffle a library, copy anything.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

an Elemental enters the battlefield — 754 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera enters:

  1. Champion of the Path — deals its power damage
  2. Risen Reef — puts a land onto the battlefield

a nontoken creature is exiled — 995 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

  1. The War Games — When Volatile Chimera is exiled, The War Games exiles a Warrior

a creature is exiled — 1,003 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera is exiled:

  1. Ashnod's Intervention — brings a card back
  2. Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  3. Kaya, Spirits' Justice — copies a permanent
  4. Soulherder — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  5. Kaya's Ghostform — blinks a permanent

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is exiled — 2,497 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

  1. The War Doctor — When Volatile Chimera is exiled, The War Doctor puts a time counter on itself
  2. God-Eternal Oketra — When God-Eternal Oketra is exiled thanks to Volatile Chimera, it triggers

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera attacks:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — deals 1 damage
  2. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  3. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  4. Invisible Woman — triggers
  5. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  6. Guide of Souls — triggers
  7. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  8. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  9. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  10. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent

112 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 (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera attacks:

  1. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  2. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

182 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Barrow-Blade — strips abilities
  4. Heat of Battle — deals 1 damage
  5. Battle Strain — deals 1 damage
  6. Favor of the Woods — gains you 3 life
  7. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  8. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  9. Dwindle — kills a creature
  10. Shield of the Righteous — triggers

18 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token
  3. Militia's Pride — makes a token

a creature deals combat damage — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera deals combat damage:

  1. Locutus of Borg — makes a token
  2. Antagonist Incorporator — makes a token
  3. Hive Mind Coprocessor — makes you lose life

194 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is cast — 18,010 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera is cast:

  1. Primeval Bounty — makes a token
  2. Bloodbond March — brings a card back
  3. Dancing from Dark to Dawn — puts that spell's mana value counters on a creature
  4. Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder — makes that spell's mana value tokens
  5. Summon: Fenrir — it arrives with counters thanks to Summon: Fenrir
  6. Summon: Brynhildr — grants haste
  7. Skittering Horror — sacrifices itself

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

When Volatile Chimera enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  4. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  5. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  6. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

301 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Volatile Chimera is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Volatile Chimera enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

41 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.