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Magic: The Gathering · Commander 2020 · Mythic

Nikara, Lair Scavenger

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

$0.95

Market price

$0.45

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Nikara, Lair Scavenger
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Rules Text

Partner with Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel (When this creature enters, target player may put Yannik into their hand from their library, then shuffle.)MenaceWhenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had one or more counters on it, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Card Facts

Mana value
3
Power / Toughness
2 / 2
Colors
Color identity
EDHREC rank
#13,535
Keywords
Partner With, Partner, Menace
Rarity

Legality

Commander

Legal

Duel Commander

Legal

Legacy

Legal

Oathbreaker

Legal

TLR

Legal

Vintage

Legal

Alchemy

Not legal

Brawl

Not legal

Competitive Brawl

Not legal

Future

Not legal

Gladiator

Not legal

Historic

Not legal

Modern

Not legal

Old School

Not legal

Pauper

Not legal

Pauper Commander

Not legal

Penny Dreadful

Not legal

Pioneer

Not legal

PreDH

Not legal

Premodern

Not legal

Standard

Not legal

Standard Brawl

Not legal

Timeless

Not legal

Rulings

  1. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    Nikara's last ability causes you to draw only one card and lose only 1 life, no matter how many counters or kinds of counters that creature had on it.

  2. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a creature with +1/+1 counters on it receives an equal number of -1/-1 counters and this causes it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, Nikara's last ability triggers. That's because the ability checks the creature as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had those counters on it at that point.

  3. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    If a creature with counters on it leaves the battlefield at the same time as Nikara, Nikara's ability triggers for that creature.

  4. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    "Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."

  5. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.

  6. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander.

  7. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Haldan and Pako are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with blue, red, and/or green in their color identity, but not cards with white or black.

  8. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

  9. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

  10. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.

  11. Apr 17, 2020 · Wizards of the Coast

    The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player who might have that card in their library.

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Commander 2020
Commander 2020C20 · $0.95
Community

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1 public deck runs Nikara, Lair Scavenger.


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