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Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Card Name

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Mana Cost

2

Type

Legendary Creature – Human Minion

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn.Whenever a nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Banned Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(8/23/2019)
You don't choose a creature card to cast while activating or resolving Chainer's first ability. The ability creates a permission for you to cast a creature card from your graveyard later in the turn.
(8/23/2019)
Chainer's first ability doesn't change when you can cast the creature card. You can normally only cast it during your turn while the stack is empty, but if the creature card has flash, you can cast it at other times.
(8/23/2019)
If you somehow activate Chainer's first ability more than once during a turn (perhaps because Chainer left the battlefield and returned), you can cast a creature card for each ability's permission. Similarly, if another effect allows you to cast a creature card from your graveyard, you may use that permission and later use Chainer's permission to cast another creature card.
(8/23/2019)
Chainer's last ability triggers if the entering creature was cast from a zone other than your hand, or if it wasn't cast at all and is entering the battlefield from anywhere (including from your hand).
(8/23/2019)
Chainer's last ability triggers if Chainer enters the battlefield without being cast from your hand.