Nivmagus Elemental
Return to Ravnica 219 • rare
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 219
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- blue mana or red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Red · Blue
- Artist
- Mike Bierek
- Market price
- $0.18
What it does
Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (That spell won't resolve.)
When it escaped, the experimenters hesitated. It would cause untold havoc, yet they wished to see it in action.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Nivmagus Elemental was released in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering set Return to Ravnica, representing the Izzet League, a guild defined by its chaotic fusion of science and magic. The card was designed to embody the Izzet's 'exile' mechanic, allowing players to permanently remove their own spells from the stack to buff the creature, reflecting the guild's penchant for reckless experimentation and volatile power.
The illustration was created by artist Dan Scott, who was tasked with visualizing the elemental manifestation of an Izzet experiment gone wild. Scott utilized vibrant blues and oranges to highlight the creature's unstable, crackling energy, a visual language consistent with the Izzet aesthetic. The card became a niche staple in competitive formats like Modern, where its ability to grow rapidly through low-cost spells offered a high-risk, high-reward strategy for combo players.
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