Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction (Aetherdrift Commander)
Maxime Minard

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"Look, I don't know what happened. And I really wish I did, so I could do it again!" —Tailpipe, Rocketeer

Chain Reaction (Commander 2015)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (New Capenna Commander)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Commander 2018)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Worldwake)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Starter Commander Decks)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Commander 2011)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Neon Dynasty Commander)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Commander 2021)
Trevor Claxton

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

Chain Reaction (Forgotten Realms Commander)
Trevor Claxton

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

Metallic Mimic (Innistrad Remastered)
Maxime Minard

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.

Rhythm of the Wild (Ravnica Remastered)
Maxime Minard

Creature spells you control can't be countered. Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Some view Domri's unlikely ascent as a sign of Ilharg the Raze-Boar's imminent return.

Balustrade Wurm (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Maxime Minard

This spell can't be countered. Trample, haste Delirium — {2}{G}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery.

Rhythm of the Wild (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander)
Maxime Minard

Creature spells you control can't be countered. Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Some view Domri's unlikely ascent as a sign of Ilharg the Raze-Boar's imminent return.

Rhythm of the Wild (Ravnica Remastered)
Maxime Minard

Creature spells you control can't be countered. Nontoken creatures you control have riot. (They enter with your choice of a +1/+1 counter or haste.)

Some view Domri's unlikely ascent as a sign of Ilharg the Raze-Boar's imminent return.

Hunted Bonebrute (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Maxime Minard

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Spawnbed Protector (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Maxime Minard

At the beginning of your end step, return up to one target Eldrazi creature card from your graveyard to your hand. Create two 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature tokens with "Sacrifice this token: Add {C}."

"They are mere vestiges of the titan's true form. Their deaths are but a brief respite." —Ugin

Axebane Ferox (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch, haste Ward—Collect evidence 4. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player exiles cards with total mana value 4 or greater from their graveyard.)

Abyssal Gorestalker (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Its kin once overran entire civilizations, but they tore each other to pieces in their unending hunger. Now only it remains.

Dogpile (Ravnica Remastered)
Maxime Minard

Dogpile deals damage to any target equal to the number of attacking creatures you control.

Fear of Falling (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Flying Whenever this creature attacks, target creature defending player controls gets -2/-0 and loses flying until your next turn.

It had been months since Jakob had started falling but only a few weeks since he'd run out of breath to scream.

Boneyard Desecrator (Outlaws of Thunder Junction)
Maxime Minard

Menace {1}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. If an outlaw was sacrificed this way, create a Treasure token. (Assassins, Mercenaries, Pirates, Rogues, and Warlocks are outlaws.)

It's never too late to start an afterlife of crime.

Axebane Ferox (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch, haste Ward—Collect evidence 4. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player exiles cards with total mana value 4 or greater from their graveyard.)

Chain Reaction (Aetherdrift Commander)
Maxime Minard

Chain Reaction deals X damage to each creature, where X is the number of creatures on the battlefield.

"Look, I don't know what happened. And I really wish I did, so I could do it again!" —Tailpipe, Rocketeer

Skullcap Snail (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

When this creature enters, target opponent exiles a card from their hand.

"Oh, come on! Aren't regular snails gross enough?" —Derilene, expedition porter

Bedrock Tortoise (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Maxime Minard

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Many temples have strong foundations. Few are also wise.

Axebane Ferox (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch, haste Ward—Collect evidence 4. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player exiles cards with total mana value 4 or greater from their graveyard.)

Contagious Vorrac (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Maxime Minard

When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library. You may reveal a land card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order. If you didn't put a card into your hand this way, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Hunted Bonebrute (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Maxime Minard

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Accursed Duneyard (Aetherdrift Commander)
Maxime Minard

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Regenerate target Shade, Skeleton, Specter, Spirit, Vampire, Wraith, or Zombie. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Lazotep Sliver (Commander Masters)
Maxime Minard

Sliver creatures you control have afflict 2. (Whenever a creature with afflict 2 becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.) Whenever a nontoken Sliver you control dies, amass Slivers 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Sliver. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Sliver Army creature token first.)

Fear of Being Hunted (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Haste This creature must be blocked if able.

It makes no effort to hide itself, savoring its prey's rising panic as the sound of its clacking skull grows closer and closer.

Deification (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Maxime Minard

As this enchantment enters, choose a planeswalker type. Planeswalkers you control of the chosen type have hexproof. As long as you control a creature, if damage dealt to a planeswalker you control of the chosen type would result in all loyalty counters on it being removed, instead all but one of those counters are removed.

Accursed Duneyard (Aetherdrift Commander)
Maxime Minard

{T}: Add {C}. {2}, {T}: Regenerate target Shade, Skeleton, Specter, Spirit, Vampire, Wraith, or Zombie. (The next time it would be destroyed this turn, instead tap it, remove it from combat, and heal all damage on it.)

Chrome Prowler (Foundations Jumpstart)
Maxime Minard

Flash When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

It can catch a rat and perform a spinal tap with one graceful swipe of its paw.

Taunting Sliver (Commander Masters)
Maxime Minard

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, goad target creature an opponent controls." (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

"The way it shakes its hood is astonishingly irritating." —Neena, outland scout

Unstoppable Slasher (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Unstoppable Slasher (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Kuldotha Cackler (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Maxime Minard

Trample Whenever this creature attacks, it gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the number of permanents you control with oil counters on them.

You would laugh too if you just burned through a tyrranax's stomach.

Scrawling Crawler (Foundations)
Maxime Minard

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

"We will sow perfection into the soft flesh of the Multiverse." —Argent Etchings, plate 38, passage 8

Deification (March of the Machine: The Aftermath)
Maxime Minard

As this enchantment enters, choose a planeswalker type. Planeswalkers you control of the chosen type have hexproof. As long as you control a creature, if damage dealt to a planeswalker you control of the chosen type would result in all loyalty counters on it being removed, instead all but one of those counters are removed.

Balustrade Wurm (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

This spell can't be countered. Trample, haste Delirium — {2}{G}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery.

Axebane Ferox (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch, haste Ward—Collect evidence 4. (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player exiles cards with total mana value 4 or greater from their graveyard.)

Spell Pierce (Aetherdrift)
Maxime Minard

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

The druid's aim was dead on. But their choice of target was dead wrong.

Gitaxian Raptor (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Maxime Minard

Flying This creature enters with three oil counters on it. Remove an oil counter from this creature: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.

Bored with the ruins of Lumengrid, it migrated to the ruins of the Mephidross.

Growing Dread (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Flash When this enchantment enters, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.) Whenever you turn a permanent face up, put a +1/+1 counter on it.

Workshop Warchief (Game Day Promos)
Maxime Minard

Trample When this creature enters, you gain 3 life. When this creature dies, create a 4/4 green Rhino Warrior creature token. Blitz {4}{G}{G} (If you cast this spell for its blitz cost, it gains haste and "When this creature dies, draw a card." Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.)

Hunted Bonebrute (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Maxime Minard

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Innocuous Rat (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

When this creature dies, manifest dread. (Look at the top two cards of your library. Put one onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature and the other into your graveyard. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Sphinx of the Revelation (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Maxime Minard

Flying, lifelink Whenever you gain life, you get that many {E} (energy counters). {W}{U}{U}, {T}, Pay X {E}: Draw X cards.

Crafted from absolute law. Enforcer of absolute order.

Tendril of the Mycotyrant (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

{5}{G}{G}: Put seven +1/+1 counters on target noncreature land you control. It becomes a 0/0 Fungus creature with haste. It's still a land.

Every mycoid carries within itself the makings of an entire colony.

Taunting Sliver (Commander Masters)
Maxime Minard

Sliver creatures you control have "When this creature enters, goad target creature an opponent controls." (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)

Flesh Burrower (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.

Symptoms of a burrower bite include fevers, chills, gangrene, subcutaneous writhing, a growing urge to eat the flesh of the living, and if you're lucky, death.

Baleful Strix (Bloomburrow Commander)
Maxime Minard

Flying, deathtouch When this creature enters, draw a card.

It came from beyond Valley. Not a calamity like the Great Maha, and not animalfolk. It was something new.

Belligerent Yearling (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

Trample Whenever another Dinosaur you control enters, you may have this creature's base power become equal to that creature's power until end of turn.

One day it will be as terrifying as it thinks it is.

Bedrock Tortoise (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Many temples have strong foundations. Few are also wise.

Island (Aetherdrift)
Maxime Minard

({T}: Add {U}.)

Mogis, God of Slaughter (Secret Lair Drop)
Maxime Minard

Indestructible As long as your devotion to black and red is less than seven, Mogis isn't a creature. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, Mogis deals 2 damage to that player unless they sacrifice a creature of their choice.

Ishai, Ojutai Dragonspeaker (Bloomburrow Commander)
Maxime Minard

Flying Whenever an opponent casts a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ishai. Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Island (Aetherdrift)
Maxime Minard

({T}: Add {U}.)

Scrawling Crawler (Foundations)
Maxime Minard

At the beginning of your upkeep, each player draws a card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, that player loses 1 life.

"We will sow perfection into the soft flesh of the Multiverse." —Argent Etchings, plate 38, passage 8

Case of the Trampled Garden (Murders at Karlov Manor)
Maxime Minard

When this Case enters, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control. To solve — Creatures you control have total power 8 or greater. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.) Solved — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.

Lost Jitte (The Big Score)
Maxime Minard

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage, put a charge counter on Lost Jitte. Remove a charge counter from Lost Jitte: Choose one — • Untap target land. • Target creature can't block this turn. • Put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature. Equip {1}

Hunted Bonebrute (Murders at Karlov Manor Promos)
Maxime Minard

Menace When this creature enters, target opponent creates two 1/1 white Dog creature tokens. When this creature dies, each opponent loses 3 life. Disguise {1}{B}

Cloudfin Raptor (Ravnica Remastered)
Maxime Minard

Flying Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Chrome Prowler (Phyrexia: All Will Be One)
Maxime Minard

Flash When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls.

It can catch a rat and perform a spinal tap with one graceful swipe of its paw.

Unstoppable Slasher (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Cloudfin Raptor (Ravnica Remastered)
Maxime Minard

Flying Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

Primordial Gnawer (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

When this creature dies, discover 3. (Exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card with mana value 3 or less. Cast it without paying its mana cost or put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom in a random order.)

Cave crawlers devour anything from plant matter to solid rock, but they prefer fresh meat.

Creeping Peeper (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

{T}: Add {U}. Spend this mana only to cast an enchantment spell, unlock a door, or turn a permanent face up.

"Be on your guard. Valgavoth has eyes everywhere. And I don't mean that figuratively." —Winter

Bedrock Tortoise (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan)
Maxime Minard

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Many temples have strong foundations. Few are also wise.

Bedrock Tortoise (The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos)
Maxime Minard

During your turn, creatures you control have hexproof. Each creature you control with toughness greater than its power assigns combat damage equal to its toughness rather than its power.

Many temples have strong foundations. Few are also wise.

Quilled Greatwurm (Foundations)
Maxime Minard

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage during your turn, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive to get the counters.) You may cast this card from your graveyard by removing six counters from among creatures you control in addition to paying its other costs.

Bismuth Mindrender (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Maxime Minard

Devoid (This card has no color.) Menace Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles cards from the top of their library until they exile a nonland card. You may cast that card by paying life equal to the spell's mana value rather than paying its mana cost.

Unstoppable Slasher (Duskmourn: House of Horror)
Maxime Minard

Deathtouch Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, they lose half their life, rounded up. When this creature dies, if it had no counters on it, return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control with two stun counters on it.

Lazotep Sliver (Commander Masters)
Maxime Minard

Sliver creatures you control have afflict 2. (Whenever a creature with afflict 2 becomes blocked, defending player loses 2 life.) Whenever a nontoken Sliver you control dies, amass Slivers 2. (Put two +1/+1 counters on an Army you control. It's also a Sliver. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Sliver Army creature token first.)

Quilled Greatwurm (Foundations)
Maxime Minard

Trample Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage during your turn, put that many +1/+1 counters on it. (It must survive to get the counters.) You may cast this card from your graveyard by removing six counters from among creatures you control in addition to paying its other costs.

Frogmyr Enforcer (Modern Horizons 3)
Maxime Minard

Prototype {3}{R} — 2/2 (You may cast this spell with different mana cost, color, and size. It keeps its abilities and types.) Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)

Laws of nature on Mirrodin are always malleable.

Balustrade Wurm (Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos)
Maxime Minard

This spell can't be countered. Trample, haste Delirium — {2}{G}{G}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield with a finality counter on it. Activate only if there are four or more card types among cards in your graveyard and only as a sorcery.

Deep-Cavern Bat (Store Championships)
Maxime Minard

Flying, lifelink When this creature enters, look at target opponent's hand. You may exile a nonland card from it until this creature leaves the battlefield.

Sphinx of the Revelation (Modern Horizons 3 Commander)
Maxime Minard

Flying, lifelink Whenever you gain life, you get that many {E} (energy counters). {W}{U}{U}, {T}, Pay X {E}: Draw X cards.

Crafted from absolute law. Enforcer of absolute order.

Metallic Mimic (Innistrad Remastered)
Maxime Minard

As this creature enters, choose a creature type. This creature is the chosen type in addition to its other types. Each other creature you control of the chosen type enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.