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Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame

Legendary Creature — Human Shaman // Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra · {1}{R}{R} · Red commander

Whenever you cast a red spell, untap Chandra. {T}: Chandra deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. If Chandra has dealt 3 or more damage this turn, exile her, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control. +1: Chandra deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker. −2: Chandra deals 2 damage to target creature. −7: Chandra deals 6 damage to each opponent. Each player dealt damage this way gets an emblem with "At the beginning of your upkeep, this emblem deals 3 damage to you."

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What Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame actually does

Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.

• Triggered ability · cast_spellWhenever you cast a red spell, untap Chandra.
• Activated ability{T}: Chandra deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker. If Chandra has dealt 3 or more damage this turn, exile her, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.
• Activated ability+1: Chandra deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Activated ability−2: Chandra deals 2 damage to target creature.
• Activated ability−7: Chandra deals 6 damage to each opponent. Each player dealt damage this way gets an emblem

What a Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame deck needs

Plays as spellslinger. What the commander asks of the other 99 — read from the card and checked by hand.

• ways to keep the commander planeswalker alive (blockers, fogs, pillowfort), loyalty growth (proliferate, loyalty boosters) and planeswalker synergies — it must survive a turn cycle to work
• cheap spells of any kind (its trigger fires on every cast)
• haste and untap effects that reach the commander (a tap ability is unusable the turn it lands)

The Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame deck plan

The roles the Forge fills for this commander, and how many cards of each.

• 8× Put haste on the commander the turn it resolves — a tap ability is unusable otherwise
• 18× A cheap spell of any kind — casts per turn are the engine for an unrestricted cast trigger
• 5× Untap the commander so the tap ability is an engine, not a one-shot
• 6× Proliferate — every counter already placed is placed again
• 6× Repeat, double, protect or find planeswalkers — the engine around a planeswalker commander
• 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
• 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
• 1× Answer a whole board at once
• 7× Refill your hand

Best cards for Chandra, Fire of Kaladesh // Chandra, Roaring Flame

Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.

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