Nemesis of Reason
The List ARB-28 • rare
- Set
- The List
- Collector number
- ARB-28
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue
- Artist
- Mark Tedin
- Market price
- $3.37
What it does
Whenever this creature attacks, defending player mills ten cards.
Words describing it fail. Pages relating it shrivel. Tales recounting it end.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nemesis of Reason was originally released in the 2009 Magic: The Gathering expansion Shards of Alara, specifically within the Esper-themed set Conflux. Designed by Greg Staples, the card features artwork depicting a crystalline, multi-limbed construct that embodies the set's focus on the artificial and the mechanical, reflecting the philosophy of the Esper plane where living things are augmented with metal. Its inclusion in 'The List'—a rotating selection of cards from Magic's history reprinted with a small symbol in the bottom left corner—introduced the card to modern players in booster packs starting in 2020.
The card is widely recognized in the Commander format for its powerful mill ability, which allows players to exile a significant number of cards from an opponent's library based on the number of cards in the controller's own graveyard. When it debuted, the card was received as a quintessential 'dimir' archetype card, praised for its efficiency in decks designed to exhaust an opponent's deck as a primary win condition. Its resurgence through 'The List' provided collectors and players alike with an accessible version of a card that had become a staple for self-mill and reanimator strategies over the preceding decade.
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