Chalice of the Void (Borderless) (Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Lock the Stack with Chalice

Chalice of the Void is a predictable answer piece that scales with your opening or midgame plan. It enters with X charge counters and sits on the battlefield watching the stack. Set X to a low number to lock out cheap interaction and token engines or go higher to punish larger spells; the card name and function are straightforward and familiar to experienced players who value clear clockwork in maindecks and sideboards alike.

In Commander the card reads as a compact metagame tool rather than a flashy combo starter. It interacts cleanly with mana value and the rules around counters, making it easy to sequence and to plan around in pod play. Bring this borderless version into games where you expect repetitive small spells, and you will find it enforces tempo while leaving room for deliberate deckbuilding choices and timing reads.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {X}{X}
• Card Type – Artifact
• Subtypes – —
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Chalice of the Void enters the battlefield with X charge counters on it. Whenever a player casts a spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on Chalice of the Void, counter that spell.