Chandra, the Firebrand is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
+1: Chandra deals 1 damage to any target. −2: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy. −6: Chandra deals 6 damage to each of up to six targets.
How it works : Chandra, the Firebrand
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Chandra's second ability creates a delayed triggered ability that will copy the next instant or sorcery spell you cast that turn, regardless of whether that spell has targets.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
When the delayed trigger resolves, it creates a copy of a spell. You control the copy. That copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. The copy will then resolve like a normal spell, after players get a chance to cast spells and activate abilities.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell Chandra copies is modal (that is, it says "Choose one —" or the like), the copy will have the same mode. You can't choose a different one.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the spell Chandra copies has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Consume Spirit does), the copy has the same value of X.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too. For example, if you sacrifice a 3/3 creature to cast Fling after activating Chandra's second ability, the copy of Fling will also deal 3 damage.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
When you activate Chandra's last ability, you choose up to six target creatures and/or players. No damage is divided, and Chandra can't deal more than 6 damage to any one target. Chandra deals 6 damage to each target that is still legal when the ability resolves.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Chandra, Torch of Defiance + Planebound Accomplice + Cloudstone Curio + Chandra, the Firebrand
- 1Pay
to activate Planebound Accomplice putting Chandra, the Firebrand onto the battlefield. - 2Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Chandra, Torch of Defiance to your hand.
- 3+1 Chandra, the Firebrand targeting an opponent.
- 4Then pay to activate Planebound Accomplice once again, putting Chandra, Torch of Defiance onto the battlefield.
- 5Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Chandra, the Firebrand to your hand.
- 6+1 Chandra adding .
- 7Repeat.
Chandra, Novice Pyromancer + Planebound Accomplice + Cloudstone Curio + Chandra, the Firebrand
- 1Pay to activate Planebound Accomplice putting Chandra, the Firebrand onto the battlefield.
- 2Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Chandra, Novice Pyromancer to your hand.
- 3+1 Chandra, the Firebrand targeting an opponent.
- 4Then pay to activate Planebound Accomplice once again, putting Chandra, Novice Pyromancer onto the battlefield.
- 5Cloudstone Curio triggers, returning Chandra, the Firebrand to your hand.
- 6-1 Chandra adding .
- 7Repeat.
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