The Chain Veil
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Set
- Pioneer Masters #358 (mythic)
At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker this turn, you lose 2 life.
{4}, {T}: For each planeswalker you control, you may activate one of its loyalty abilities once this turn as though none of its loyalty abilities have been activated this turn.
The Chain Veil has 4 printings, first in Magic 2015 (2014). EDHREC ranks it #2,540 among Commander cards. It appears most in Commodore Guff decks (6,659 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run The Chain Veil
- Planeswalker Party - Commander Masters, led by Commodore Guff
Commanders that run The Chain Veil most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Commodore Guff: 6,659 decks
- Atraxa, Praetors' Voice: 6,448 decks
- Tam, the Possibility: 5,081 decks
- Esika, God of the Tree // The Prismatic Bridge: 4,441 decks
- Nicol Bolas, the Ravager // Nicol Bolas, the Arisen: 4,056 decks
- Carth the Lion: 3,228 decks
- Jace, Multiverse Architect: 2,584 decks
- Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer: 2,467 decks
Often played with The Chain Veil
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Because the last ability modifies the rules of the game, it affects not only planeswalkers you control when it resolves, but also planeswalkers that come under your control later in the turn.
- : For the first ability, it doesn’t matter whether the planeswalker is still on the battlefield as your end step begins. If you activated one of its loyalty abilities that turn, The Chain Veil’s triggered ability won’t trigger.
- : Each additional time The Chain Veil’s last ability resolves will allow you to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control an additional time. For example, if you activate The Chain Veil’s last ability, untap it, then activate it again, you can activate a loyalty ability of a planeswalker you control three times that turn.
- : After the last ability resolves, you’ll essentially be able to activate a loyalty ability of each planeswalker you control a total of twice during your turn. The timing rules for when you can activate loyalty abilities apply each time; it must be your main phase and the stack must be empty.
- : The second loyalty ability you activate doesn’t have to be the same as the first ability. For example, you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability twice, or you could activate a planeswalker’s first ability, then activate its second ability.