Chain Reaction
Commander 2018 121 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2018
- Collector number
- 121
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana red mana red mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Red
- Artist
- Trevor Claxton
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.
"We train for the improbable, like lightning striking the same place twice, or striking everywhere at once."— Nundari, Sea Gate militia captain
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Chain Reaction was first introduced to the Magic: The Gathering ecosystem in the Commander 2018 set, released in August 2018. Designed as a red-aligned sorcery, the card functions as a board wipe that scales in damage based on the total number of creatures currently on the battlefield. It was created to provide red decks with a meaningful, if unpredictable, answer to board states that had grown too wide, reflecting the chaos inherent to the color's identity.
The card’s artwork was illustrated by Volkan Baga, who utilized a vivid, high-energy style to visualize the kinetic energy of a cascade of magical destruction. The design was well-received by the Commander community for its strategic utility in multiplayer games, where its efficacy fluctuates with the shifting board presence of three or more opponents, making it a staple inclusion in many red-based decks looking for late-game recovery options.
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