The Chain Veil
The Chain Veil: Legendary Artifact, Commander Masters. At the beginning of your end step, if you didn't activate a loyalty ability of a On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Legendary Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 943
- Artist
- Volkan Baǵa
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About The Chain Veil
The Chain Veil is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare colourless legendary artifact from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 943 in that set, with art by Volkan Baǵa. It costs {4} (four generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It has no colour identity. 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 Magic 2015 (2014) to Pioneer Masters (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $15.93 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
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.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $15.93 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Chain Veil by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of The Chain Veil
The Chain Veil has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #358 | Mythic | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #M15-215 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Magic 2015 (M15) #215 | Mythic | 2014 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to The Chain Veil, newest first.
- 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.
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