Chromanticore

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Chromanticore: Enchantment Creature - Manticore, Dominaria United Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}
Mana value
5
Type
Enchantment Creature - Manticore
Colour identity
White, blue, black, red and green (WUBRG)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
Released
2022-09-09
Collector number
146
Artist
Min Yum
Commander rank
9,974 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Bestow, First strike, Flying, Lifelink, Trample, Vigilance

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About Chromanticore

Chromanticore is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue, black, red and green enchantment creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 146 in that set, with art by Min Yum. It costs {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (one white, one blue, one black, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, black, red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Born of the Gods (2014) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.55 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Bestow {2}{W}{U}{B}{R}{G} (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)

Flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, lifelink

Enchanted creature gets +4/+4 and has flying, first strike, vigilance, trample, and lifelink.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.55 (as of 2026-11-11).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Chromanticore by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Chromanticore

Chromanticore has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Pioneer Masters (PIO) #212Rare2024
The List (PLST) #BNG-144Mythic2020
Born of the Gods (BNG) #144Mythic2014

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Chromanticore, newest first.

  • Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.
  • If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
  • On the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
  • Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
  • Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its {T} abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.

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