Chain of Vapor
Mana cost {U}.
Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that permanent's controller may sacrifice a land of their choice. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Chain of Vapor is a blue card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Onslaught printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€8.91) · TCGplayer ($11.98) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 4 August 2026: on Cardmarket between €8.62 and €10.97 in that time.
How often Chain of Vapor is played
Chain of Vapor is maindecked in 3 of 142 tournament decks in this archive (2%), averaging 3.3 copies; kept in 3 sideboards (2%); used by 3 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 51 decks that can cast blue cards, 6 of them play it (12%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Chain of Vapor
- Stiflenought: Returns any nonland permanent to its owner's hand for one mana: a blocker, Solitary Confinement, Parallax Wave, Humility, Oath of Druids, or your own Dreadnought in response to removal. The controller of the returned permanent may sacrifice a land to copy it, so an opponent can answer by bouncing one of your permanents.
- Stasis: Returns a nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Return your own Stasis at the end of the opponent's turn to untap and recast it, or in response to Naturalize or Disenchant. The controller of the returned permanent may sacrifice a land to copy it, so bouncing an opponent's permanent lets them return your Stasis.
- Aluren (3x)
Tournament decks with Chain of Vapor
- Countertorch: 1st Place at Wels Card Shop (2× mainboard)
- Angry Ghoul: 6th Place at Viudas Fest II (1× sideboard)
- Frenetic Encounter: 1st Place at APAC Webcam Season 21 (1× sideboard)
- Storm: 3rd Place at Semanal Premodern (1× sideboard)
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× mainboard)
- Mono Blue Control: 1st Place at MTGO Challenge (4× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Chain of Vapor
- Pirates (4×)
- Darwin's Dead (2×)
