Nalaar is better if you want a red planeswalker
Nalaar's +1 ability is a bit lackluster, but it does clock your opponent. the -X is the key feature, letting you burn out a bunch of little creatures or take out just about any fatty. The ultimate is very game-breaking, which gives your opponents a lot of urgency to kill her, getting damage off your dome or burning through their removal/counters. The biggest strength of Chandra though is that she can easily kill more than one creature or get damage off of you, which gives red a rare card advantage source. She functions very similar to Comet Storm, the new spoiled card that everyone is losing their panties over. She is very good in multiples too.
Ablaze? The +1 ability is trash. You get a little bit more utility out of your burn spells, but why do you have burn spells in your hand on turn 6? If it could turn spare lands into burns, then it'd be good. But it does not. The ultimate is not as game-breaking as Nalaar's either, since ablaze's... (see all)
Posted By:
mdakw576
(1/23/2010 6:50:40 AM)
Love this girl, she's WAY cooler than Chandra Nalaar. These abilities are just so frickin' red, and that last one is a game-winner (pretty cool how Cruel Ultimatum is red...though that'll hardly be necessary since a few reused Lightning Bolts will be a finisher by that point.)
Posted By:
ratchet1215
(9/25/2009 12:37:48 PM)
Correction, the thing making her very playable is jaya ballard who discards to your graveyard for use of one of 3 burn abilities. However, I still prefer the previous version, why? To use this one I have to stack my deck with enough of specific cards to make her ability count, and then she may never get to use it. Chandra nalaar only needs herself, has pretty solid abilities even if you don't use her ultimate, and her ultimate is still devastating. This one is good too, but its far more dependent on the lay out of a deck, much like nissa is, if you don't have any nissa's chosen for example.. well tough luck.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(9/26/2009 5:12:16 PM)
Kittyspit, maybe that feeling has to do with the fact that it comboes with Megrim?
Posted By:
BelloAbril
(1/3/2010 10:17:44 PM)
I started using her when I pulled a shiny Chandra Ablaze a few weeks ago. most impressive, while not my favorite, I like her more than Chandra Nalaar.
Posted By:
Katz993
(1/2/2010 6:29:21 PM)
I honestly don't think this card is that great; maybe okay late game, and by that point if you're playing red burn you should have won by then. Nalaar is cheaper and is better overall, and I don't like the fact you have to discard cards to up her counter. Since when does red have an abundance of cards to discard late game? I have yet to even see this being played.
Her second ability is useless since Burning Inquiry costs R. I guess if you're playing tons of burn spells, and you make it to turn 8 without her getting hit, it's worth the finish. That actually sounds tempting now come to think of it lol.
Posted By:
coyotemoon722
(1/15/2010 3:06:56 AM)
NOO whats with all the super ultra omega ultimate power plainswalkers! love them but i feel as though they may brake the balance of the game.
Posted By:
JPRaptor
(9/28/2009 7:52:52 PM)
ZE GOGGLES!
Posted By:
http404error
(3/25/2011 8:30:58 PM)
A candidate for the worst planeswalker ever printed. And yet she's still pretty good! She comes online late, meaning she's not likely to get her job done in time outside of casual, but she can still really mess up the game, even if she doesn't get to her ultimate.
Posted By:
SleetFox
(11/23/2010 9:30:02 AM)
Great addition to my Red/Black Burn/Destroy deck. I had a question as to how her ultimate works with X sorcery spells? Can we cast and infinite fireball from the graveyard?
Posted By:
StarkWolf
(10/17/2009 11:36:44 AM)