She has higher than average health, high mana gains with a slightly unbalanced spread, and average deck limits. She has good mana gains in Red and Green and fair in Black.

Many of her abilities {{Ability|trigger}} on supports losing shield or {{Ability|Activated}} gems or {{Ability|Mana Field}}, all of which synergise with {{Ability|Ignite}} gems, which she can also create, together with gem destruction, which her third ability performs. She deals direct damage, draws cards, and creates creature {{Ability|Token}}s. She has a Passive Ability, [[#Ignited|Ignited]], given her retroactively after the release of [[Adventures in the Forgotten Realms]].

<blockquote>''"There is no virtue in subtlety—at least not as far as Chandra Nalaar is concerned. She's a confident, ardent, defiant Planeswalker whose specialty is pyromancy: spells of fire, fire, and more fire."''</blockquote>