Art by Steve Prescott
Chainer, Nightmare Adept
Legendary Creature — Human Minion
Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.
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Most Played With Chainer, Nightmare Adept (175)
Sol Ring
86% of decks · $1.40
Arcane Signet
84% of decks · $0.49
Rakdos Signet
65% of decks · $0.34
Talisman of Indulgence
61% of decks · $0.51
Animate Dead
48% of decks · $7.00
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
47% of decks · $3.90
Archfiend of Ifnir
46% of decks · $0.36
Solemn Simulacrum
46% of decks · $0.34
Living Death
45% of decks · $6.62
Feed the Swarm
44% of decks · $0.24
Etali, Primal Storm
44% of decks · $0.65
Feldon of the Third Path
43% of decks · $1.27
Thrill of Possibility
42% of decks · $0.29
Anger
40% of decks · $0.54
Shriekmaw
38% of decks · $0.31
Entomb
37% of decks · $18.29
Fellwar Stone
37% of decks
Big Game Hunter
37% of decks · $0.40
Plaguecrafter
37% of decks · $0.39
Dark Ritual
36% of decks · $7.19
Rakdos Charm
36% of decks · $0.39
Ingot Chewer
35% of decks · $0.23
Mind Stone
34% of decks
Monument to Endurance
33% of decks · $17.01
Archon of Cruelty
33% of decks · $1.47
Accursed Marauder
31% of decks · $0.34
Terminate
31% of decks · $0.34
Disciple of Bolas
31% of decks · $0.38
Cathartic Reunion
30% of decks · $0.27
Combustible Gearhulk
30% of decks · $0.36
Syr Konrad, the Grim
30% of decks · $1.78
Persist
29% of decks · $0.74
Vile Entomber
29% of decks · $0.24
Bone Miser
29% of decks · $28.78
Ravenous Chupacabra
29% of decks · $1.03
Kardur, Doomscourge
29% of decks · $3.66
Bedevil
28% of decks · $0.29
Massacre Wurm
28% of decks · $2.43
Sneak Attack
26% of decks · $10.49
Shadowgrange Archfiend
26% of decks · $6.49
Stitcher's Supplier
26% of decks · $0.37
Dread Return
25% of decks · $0.60
Sheoldred, Whispering One
25% of decks · $20.76
Dualcaster Mage
25% of decks · $4.23
Stitch Together
24% of decks · $1.44
Toxic Deluge
24% of decks · $5.17
Demand Answers
24% of decks · $0.63
Noxious Gearhulk
23% of decks · $0.45
Phyrexian Arena
23% of decks · $4.26
Wayfarer's Bauble
22% of decks · $5.61
Ripples of Undeath
22% of decks · $8.82
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
22% of decks · $3.21
Grave Researcher
21% of decks
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
21% of decks
Lightning Greaves
21% of decks · $4.00
Withering Torment
21% of decks · $1.58
Sepulchral Primordial
21% of decks · $0.40
Dauthi Voidwalker
20% of decks · $5.80
Necromancy
20% of decks · $19.72
Grave Titan
19% of decks · $0.33
Malakir Rebirth
19% of decks
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
19% of decks · $1.82
Terminal Agony
19% of decks · $0.27
Big Score
18% of decks · $0.41
Junji, the Midnight Sky
18% of decks · $0.92
Altar of Dementia
18% of decks · $17.25
Vandalblast
18% of decks · $1.70
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
17% of decks · $3.39
Unmarked Grave
17% of decks · $3.49
Viscera Seer
17% of decks · $0.49
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
17% of decks · $0.52
Burnished Hart
16% of decks · $0.30
Anje's Ravager
16% of decks · $0.39
Demonic Tutor
16% of decks · $69.17
Village Rites
16% of decks · $0.99
Gamble
16% of decks · $18.85
Pinnacle Monk
16% of decks
Rise of the Dark Realms
15% of decks · $6.49
Boggart Trawler
15% of decks
Sire of Insanity
15% of decks · $0.47
Archpriest of Shadows
15% of decks · $1.69
Ashnod's Altar
15% of decks · $16.88
Cursed Mirror
14% of decks · $0.30
Surly Badgersaur
14% of decks · $16.88
Massacre Girl
14% of decks · $0.53
Dark Withering
14% of decks · $0.24
Oriq Loremage
14% of decks · $0.54
Swiftfoot Boots
13% of decks
Tormenting Voice
13% of decks · $0.28
Deadly Dispute
13% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
13% of decks · $72.64
Night's Whisper
13% of decks · $6.25
Vilis, Broker of Blood
13% of decks · $9.77
Jeska's Will
13% of decks · $41.42
Burning-Rune Demon
13% of decks · $5.52
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Necrogoyf
13% of decks · $0.33
Abrade
13% of decks · $0.32
Terror of the Peaks
13% of decks · $30.61
Deadly Rollick
13% of decks · $28.68
Songs of the Damned
13% of decks · $2.91
Sign in Blood
12% of decks · $2.74
Incarnation Technique
12% of decks · $9.43
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
12% of decks · $2.29
Commander's Sphere
12% of decks · $0.34
Burnt Offering
12% of decks · $1.52
Saw in Half
12% of decks · $5.72
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
12% of decks · $0.20
Damnation
11% of decks · $21.01
Teval's Judgment
11% of decks · $9.47
Unexpected Windfall
11% of decks · $3.03
Liquimetal Torque
11% of decks · $3.02
Agadeem's Awakening
11% of decks
Call to the Netherworld
11% of decks · $0.44
Untimely Malfunction
11% of decks · $9.10
Heartless Summoning
11% of decks · $1.84
Black Market Connections
11% of decks · $10.47
Vampiric Tutor
10% of decks · $54.45
Lively Dirge
10% of decks · $6.10
Hazoret's Monument
10% of decks · $2.18
Bitter Triumph
10% of decks · $0.31
Exhume
10% of decks · $6.93
Fire Diamond
10% of decks · $0.39
Wheel of Misfortune
9% of decks · $7.92
Charcoal Diamond
9% of decks · $0.35
Phyrexian Reclamation
9% of decks · $2.86
Jet Medallion
9% of decks · $14.56
Underworld Breach
9% of decks · $11.23
Cabal Ritual
9% of decks
Breach the Multiverse
9% of decks · $11.31
Read the Bones
8% of decks · $0.29
Wheel of Fortune
8% of decks
Dance of the Dead
8% of decks
Tibalt's Trickery
8% of decks · $10.50
Oversold Cemetery
8% of decks · $2.60
Infernal Grasp
8% of decks · $0.33
Whip of Erebos
8% of decks · $9.52
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
Blasphemous Edict
8% of decks · $4.13
Seize the Spoils
8% of decks · $0.26
Dying to Serve
8% of decks · $0.36
Matzalantli, the Great Door
8% of decks
Cool but Rude
8% of decks · $6.45
The Soul Stone
8% of decks · $84.20
Bitter Reunion
7% of decks · $0.76
Final Parting
7% of decks · $0.58
Skullclamp
7% of decks · $5.21
Phyrexian Altar
7% of decks · $54.36
Warstorm Surge
7% of decks · $1.43
Shenanigans
7% of decks · $0.30
Crucible of Worlds
7% of decks · $33.00
Grimoire of the Dead
7% of decks · $0.98
Unearth
7% of decks · $0.54
Tortured Existence
7% of decks · $3.45
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Bloodsoaked Insight
6% of decks
Diresight
6% of decks · $0.17
Faith of the Devoted
6% of decks · $0.35
Goblin Bombardment
6% of decks · $4.59
Diabolic Intent
6% of decks · $17.18
Cryptcaller Chariot
6% of decks · $0.40
Grab the Prize
6% of decks · $0.55
Vedalken Orrery
6% of decks · $15.21
Shadow of the Goblin
6% of decks · $0.80
Fiery Temper
6% of decks · $0.37
Hostile Negotiations
6% of decks · $0.39
Reforge the Soul
6% of decks · $6.18
Palantír of Orthanc
6% of decks · $19.21
Culling the Weak
6% of decks · $8.04
Dark Deal
6% of decks · $2.21
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
6% of decks
Sundering Eruption
6% of decks
Syphon Mind
5% of decks · $0.31
Currency Converter
5% of decks · $0.24
New Cards
Avacyn, Angel of Horror
10% of decks · $15.93
Curse-Marred Demon
9% of decks · $0.67
Troop of Ponies
7% of decks · $0.33
Smaug, Wicked Worm
6% of decks · $1.52
Turbulent Crater
6% of decks · $2.61
Creatures (50)
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
47% of decks · $3.90
Archfiend of Ifnir
46% of decks · $0.36
Solemn Simulacrum
46% of decks · $0.34
Etali, Primal Storm
44% of decks · $0.65
Feldon of the Third Path
43% of decks · $1.27
Anger
40% of decks · $0.54
Shriekmaw
38% of decks · $0.31
Big Game Hunter
37% of decks · $0.40
Plaguecrafter
37% of decks · $0.39
Ingot Chewer
35% of decks · $0.23
Archon of Cruelty
33% of decks · $1.47
Accursed Marauder
31% of decks · $0.34
Disciple of Bolas
31% of decks · $0.38
Combustible Gearhulk
30% of decks · $0.36
Syr Konrad, the Grim
30% of decks · $1.78
Vile Entomber
29% of decks · $0.24
Bone Miser
29% of decks · $28.78
Ravenous Chupacabra
29% of decks · $1.03
Kardur, Doomscourge
29% of decks · $3.66
Massacre Wurm
28% of decks · $2.43
Shadowgrange Archfiend
26% of decks · $6.49
Stitcher's Supplier
26% of decks · $0.37
Sheoldred, Whispering One
25% of decks · $20.76
Dualcaster Mage
25% of decks · $4.23
Noxious Gearhulk
23% of decks · $0.45
Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger
22% of decks · $3.21
Grave Researcher
21% of decks
Sepulchral Primordial
21% of decks · $0.40
Dauthi Voidwalker
20% of decks · $5.80
Grave Titan
19% of decks · $0.33
Jaxis, the Troublemaker
19% of decks · $1.82
Junji, the Midnight Sky
18% of decks · $0.92
Bladewing, Deathless Tyrant
17% of decks · $3.39
Viscera Seer
17% of decks · $0.49
Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion
17% of decks · $0.52
Burnished Hart
16% of decks · $0.30
Anje's Ravager
16% of decks · $0.39
Pinnacle Monk
16% of decks
Boggart Trawler
15% of decks
Sire of Insanity
15% of decks · $0.47
Archpriest of Shadows
15% of decks · $1.69
Surly Badgersaur
14% of decks · $16.88
Massacre Girl
14% of decks · $0.53
Oriq Loremage
14% of decks · $0.54
Vilis, Broker of Blood
13% of decks · $9.77
Burning-Rune Demon
13% of decks · $5.52
Necrogoyf
13% of decks · $0.33
Terror of the Peaks
13% of decks · $30.61
Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate
12% of decks · $2.29
Zoyowa Lava-Tongue
12% of decks · $0.20
Instants (31)
Thrill of Possibility
42% of decks · $0.29
Entomb
37% of decks · $18.29
Dark Ritual
36% of decks · $7.19
Rakdos Charm
36% of decks · $0.39
Terminate
31% of decks · $0.34
Bedevil
28% of decks · $0.29
Demand Answers
24% of decks · $0.63
Withering Torment
21% of decks · $1.58
Malakir Rebirth
19% of decks
Big Score
18% of decks · $0.41
Village Rites
16% of decks · $0.99
Dark Withering
14% of decks · $0.24
Deadly Dispute
13% of decks · $0.26
Deflecting Swat
13% of decks · $72.64
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Abrade
13% of decks · $0.32
Deadly Rollick
13% of decks · $28.68
Songs of the Damned
13% of decks · $2.91
Burnt Offering
12% of decks · $1.52
Saw in Half
12% of decks · $5.72
Unexpected Windfall
11% of decks · $3.03
Untimely Malfunction
11% of decks · $9.10
Vampiric Tutor
10% of decks · $54.45
Bitter Triumph
10% of decks · $0.31
Cabal Ritual
9% of decks
Tibalt's Trickery
8% of decks · $10.50
Infernal Grasp
8% of decks · $0.33
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Fiery Temper
6% of decks · $0.37
Hostile Negotiations
6% of decks · $0.39
Culling the Weak
6% of decks · $8.04
Sorceries (40)
Living Death
45% of decks · $6.62
Feed the Swarm
44% of decks · $0.24
Cathartic Reunion
30% of decks · $0.27
Persist
29% of decks · $0.74
Dread Return
25% of decks · $0.60
Stitch Together
24% of decks · $1.44
Toxic Deluge
24% of decks · $5.17
Terminal Agony
19% of decks · $0.27
Vandalblast
18% of decks · $1.70
Unmarked Grave
17% of decks · $3.49
Demonic Tutor
16% of decks · $69.17
Gamble
16% of decks · $18.85
Rise of the Dark Realms
15% of decks · $6.49
Tormenting Voice
13% of decks · $0.28
Night's Whisper
13% of decks · $6.25
Jeska's Will
13% of decks · $41.42
Sign in Blood
12% of decks · $2.74
Incarnation Technique
12% of decks · $9.43
Damnation
11% of decks · $21.01
Agadeem's Awakening
11% of decks
Call to the Netherworld
11% of decks · $0.44
Lively Dirge
10% of decks · $6.10
Exhume
10% of decks · $6.93
Wheel of Misfortune
9% of decks · $7.92
Breach the Multiverse
9% of decks · $11.31
Read the Bones
8% of decks · $0.29
Wheel of Fortune
8% of decks
Blasphemous Edict
8% of decks · $4.13
Seize the Spoils
8% of decks · $0.26
Final Parting
7% of decks · $0.58
Shenanigans
7% of decks · $0.30
Unearth
7% of decks · $0.54
Bloodsoaked Insight
6% of decks
Diresight
6% of decks · $0.17
Diabolic Intent
6% of decks · $17.18
Grab the Prize
6% of decks · $0.55
Reforge the Soul
6% of decks · $6.18
Dark Deal
6% of decks · $2.21
Sundering Eruption
6% of decks
Syphon Mind
5% of decks · $0.31
Utility Artifacts (20)
Monument to Endurance
33% of decks · $17.01
Wayfarer's Bauble
22% of decks · $5.61
Brass's Tunnel-Grinder
21% of decks
Lightning Greaves
21% of decks · $4.00
Altar of Dementia
18% of decks · $17.25
Ashnod's Altar
15% of decks · $16.88
Swiftfoot Boots
13% of decks
Hazoret's Monument
10% of decks · $2.18
Jet Medallion
9% of decks · $14.56
Whip of Erebos
8% of decks · $9.52
Matzalantli, the Great Door
8% of decks
Skullclamp
7% of decks · $5.21
Phyrexian Altar
7% of decks · $54.36
Crucible of Worlds
7% of decks · $33.00
Grimoire of the Dead
7% of decks · $0.98
Bolas's Citadel
7% of decks · $16.17
Cryptcaller Chariot
6% of decks · $0.40
Vedalken Orrery
6% of decks · $15.21
Palantír of Orthanc
6% of decks · $19.21
Currency Converter
5% of decks · $0.24
Mana Artifacts (13)
Sol Ring
86% of decks · $1.40
Arcane Signet
84% of decks · $0.49
Rakdos Signet
65% of decks · $0.34
Talisman of Indulgence
61% of decks · $0.51
Fellwar Stone
37% of decks
Mind Stone
34% of decks
Cursed Mirror
14% of decks · $0.30
Commander's Sphere
12% of decks · $0.34
Liquimetal Torque
11% of decks · $3.02
Fire Diamond
10% of decks · $0.39
Charcoal Diamond
9% of decks · $0.35
Thought Vessel
8% of decks
The Soul Stone
8% of decks · $84.20
Enchantments (21)
Animate Dead
48% of decks · $7.00
Sneak Attack
26% of decks · $10.49
Phyrexian Arena
23% of decks · $4.26
Ripples of Undeath
22% of decks · $8.82
Necromancy
20% of decks · $19.72
Teval's Judgment
11% of decks · $9.47
Heartless Summoning
11% of decks · $1.84
Black Market Connections
11% of decks · $10.47
Phyrexian Reclamation
9% of decks · $2.86
Underworld Breach
9% of decks · $11.23
Dance of the Dead
8% of decks
Oversold Cemetery
8% of decks · $2.60
Dying to Serve
8% of decks · $0.36
Cool but Rude
8% of decks · $6.45
Bitter Reunion
7% of decks · $0.76
Warstorm Surge
7% of decks · $1.43
Tortured Existence
7% of decks · $3.45
Faith of the Devoted
6% of decks · $0.35
Goblin Bombardment
6% of decks · $4.59
Shadow of the Goblin
6% of decks · $0.80
Fable of the Mirror-Breaker
6% of decks
Utility Lands (22)
Bojuka Bog
39% of decks
Geier Reach Sanitarium
32% of decks
Phyrexian Tower
23% of decks
Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
23% of decks
Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
20% of decks
Drownyard Temple
19% of decks
Forgotten Cave
16% of decks
Barren Moor
16% of decks
High Market
14% of decks
Cabal Coffers
13% of decks
Castle Locthwain
11% of decks
Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace
10% of decks
Spymaster's Vault
10% of decks
Temple of the False God
9% of decks
Mortuary Mire
9% of decks
Rogue's Passage
9% of decks
Crypt of Agadeem
9% of decks
Ancient Tomb
8% of decks
Emergence Zone
8% of decks
Restless Vents
8% of decks
Arena of Glory
7% of decks
Reliquary Tower
6% of decks
Lands (50)
Swamp
97% of decks
Mountain
97% of decks
Command Tower
87% of decks
Dragonskull Summit
68% of decks
Smoldering Marsh
66% of decks
Blood Crypt
53% of decks
Sulfurous Springs
48% of decks
Tainted Peak
45% of decks
Foreboding Ruins
44% of decks
Luxury Suite
40% of decks
Rakdos Carnarium
40% of decks
Haunted Ridge
38% of decks
Graven Cairns
36% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
34% of decks
Shadowblood Ridge
33% of decks
Temple of Malice
33% of decks
Raucous Theater
31% of decks
Blazemire Verge
29% of decks
Exotic Orchard
29% of decks
Blightstep Pathway
27% of decks
Canyon Slough
25% of decks
Myriad Landscape
24% of decks
Malakir Rebirth
19% of decks
Evolving Wilds
19% of decks
Blackcleave Cliffs
17% of decks
Pinnacle Monk
16% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
15% of decks
Boggart Trawler
15% of decks
Bloodfell Caves
14% of decks
Ash Barrens
14% of decks
Fell the Profane
13% of decks
Badlands
11% of decks
Fabled Passage
11% of decks
Agadeem's Awakening
11% of decks
Mount Doom
8% of decks
Marsh Flats
8% of decks
Akoum Refuge
8% of decks
Arid Mesa
8% of decks
Rakdos Guildgate
8% of decks
Polluted Delta
7% of decks
Path of Ancestry
7% of decks
Geothermal Bog
7% of decks
Verdant Catacombs
7% of decks
Dark Fortress
7% of decks
Bloodsoaked Insight
6% of decks
Valakut Awakening
6% of decks
Scalding Tarn
6% of decks
Wooded Foothills
6% of decks
Sundering Eruption
6% of decks
Sulfurous Mire
6% of decks
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Public Decks with Chainer, Nightmare Adept
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