Chancellor of the Annex
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}{W}{W}
- Type
- Creature — Phyrexian Angel
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 6
- Set
- The List #NPH-6 (rare)
- Price
- $3.38 USD
You may reveal this card from your opening hand. If you do, when each opponent casts their first spell of the game, counter that spell unless that player pays {1}.
Flying
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, counter it unless that player pays {1}.
Chancellor of the Annex has 2 printings, first in New Phyrexia (2011). EDHREC ranks it #10,133 among Commander cards. It appears most in Grand Arbiter Augustin IV decks (1,076 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Chancellor of the Annex most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Grand Arbiter Augustin IV: 1,076 decks
- Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings: 503 decks
- Landroval, Horizon Witness: 3 decks
- Agent Maria Hill: 2 decks
- Mockingbird, Ace Agent: 1 decks
- White Widow, Free Agent: 1 decks
- Amazing Spider-Girl
- Ant-Man, Scott Lang
Often played with Chancellor of the Annex
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you reveal more than one Chancellor of the Annex from your opening hand, each will trigger when an opponent casts their first spell of the game. That player will have to pay {1} that many times or the spell will be countered.
- : In a multiplayer game, if you reveal Chancellor of the Annex from your opening hand, it will trigger each time an opponent casts their first spell of the game.
- : A player’s “opening hand” is the hand of cards the player has after all players have taken mulligans. If players have any cards in hand that allow actions to be taken with them from a player’s opening hand, the starting player takes all such actions first in any order, followed by each other player in turn order. Then the first turn begins.