---
name: "Volatile Chimera"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Chimera"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "CN2"
set_name: "Conspiracy: Take the Crown"
collector_number: "59"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mathias Kollros"
oracle_id: "f343e5c8-7c43-4c97-b922-2002c7ab51ab"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/volatile-chimera-cn2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Volatile Chimera
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Chimera
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
Before you shuffle your deck to start the game, you may reveal this card from your deck and exile three or more creature cards you drafted that aren't in your deck.
{1}{R}: Choose a card at random you exiled with cards named Volatile Chimera. This creature becomes a copy of that card, except it has this ability.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Caller of the Untamed](/printing/caller-of-the-untamed-cn2.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman
2. [Sizzling Changeling](/printing/sizzling-changeling-ecl.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter
3. [Arcane Savant](/printing/arcane-savant-cn2.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
4. [Transmogrify](/printing/transmogrify-prm.md) — Sorcery
5. [Chaotic Transformation](/printing/chaotic-transformation-prm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Nascent Metamorph](/printing/nascent-metamorph-c20.md) — Creature — Shapeshifter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #59
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mathias Kollros
- **Total Printings:** 3 across all historical editions

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