Chakram Retriever
Chakram Retriever: Creature - Elemental Dog, Battlebond. Partner with Chakram Slinger. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Creature - Elemental Dog
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Battlebond (BBD)
- Released
- 2018-06-08
- Collector number
- 15
- Artist
- Dmitry Burmak
- Commander rank
- 6,028 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Partner with, Partner
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About Chakram Retriever
Chakram Retriever is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue creature from Battlebond (BBD), a draft-focused set released in June 2018. It is collector number 15 in that set, with art by Dmitry Burmak. It costs {4}{U} (four generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Battlebond (2018) to The List (2020). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Partner with Chakram Slinger (When this creature enters, target player may put Chakram Slinger into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)
Whenever you cast a spell during your turn, untap target creature.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Chakram Retriever by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Chakram Retriever
Chakram Retriever has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #BBD-15 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Battlebond Promos (PBBD) #15s | Uncommon | 2018 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Chakram Retriever, newest first.
- A nonlegendary creature can’t be your commander, even if it has a “partner with” ability.
- Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren’t included in the ability’s reminder text.
- “Partner with [name]” represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: “When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library.”
- Chakram Retriever’s last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.
- Players can cast spells and activate abilities after Chakram Retriever’s last ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does.
Similar cards
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