---
name: "Nova Chaser"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Warrior"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Trample", "Champion"]
set: "LRW"
set_name: "Lorwyn"
collector_number: "187"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "997f5847-04c2-498a-a294-d3355fbb7424"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nova-chaser-lrw"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nova Chaser
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Warrior
- **Power/Toughness:** 10/2
- **Keywords:** Trample, Champion

## Oracle Text
Trample
Champion an Elemental (When this enters, sacrifice it unless you exile another Elemental you control. When this leaves the battlefield, that card returns to the battlefield.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Champion of the Path](/printing/champion-of-the-path-pecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
2. [Spark Elemental](/printing/spark-elemental-10e.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Seething Pathblazer](/printing/seething-pathblazer-mor.md) — Creature — Elemental Warrior
4. [Soulbright Seeker](/printing/soulbright-seeker-ecl.md) — Creature — Elemental Sorcerer
5. [Unstoppable Ash](/printing/unstoppable-ash-plst.md) — Creature — Treefolk Warrior
6. [Supreme Exemplar](/printing/supreme-exemplar-mor.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Lorwyn (LRW) #187
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`