Nihiloor
Forgotten Realms Commander 53 • mythic
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Collector number
- 53
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana white mana blue mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Blue · White
- Artist
- Chris Rallis
- Finish
- Foil
What it does
When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor.
Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nihiloor was released in 2021 as part of the Forgotten Realms Commander set, a collection designed to bridge the gap between Wizards of the Coast’s premier tabletop role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons, and its trading card game, Magic: The Gathering. The card represents a specific mind flayer character from the D&D universe, emphasizing the theme of telepathic control and parasitic horror inherent to the creature's lore within the Underdark.
The artwork was commissioned from illustrator Chris Rallis, who sought to capture the unsettling, tentacled aesthetic of the mind flayer while maintaining the clear visual language required for Magic card design. Upon release, the card was noted for its unique ability to temporarily control an opponent’s creature, a mechanics-driven nod to the intellect devourer and mind-control tropes associated with the species in various D&D campaign modules.
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