---
name: "Chainer, Nightmare Adept"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Minion"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: []
set: "C19"
set_name: "Commander 2019"
collector_number: "39"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Steve Prescott"
oracle_id: "14f6fcb0-bed4-4a38-b7df-1e438d81bedb"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/chainer-nightmare-adept-c19"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Chainer, Nightmare Adept
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Minion
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
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.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Chainer, Dementia Master](/printing/chainer-dementia-master-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Minion
2. [Nether Shadow](/printing/nether-shadow-me1.md) — Creature — Spirit
3. [Garna, the Bloodflame](/printing/garna-the-bloodflame-pdom.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Nether Traitor](/printing/nether-traitor-tsr.md) — Creature — Spirit
5. [Gruesome Encore](/printing/gruesome-encore-mbs.md) — Sorcery
6. [Apprentice Necromancer](/printing/apprentice-necromancer-uma.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2019 (C19) #39
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Steve Prescott
- **Total Printings:** 32 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`