True-Name Nemesis
Battlebond 136 • mythic
- Set
- Battlebond
- Collector number
- 136
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Zack Stella
- Market price
- $3.27
What it does
As this creature enters, choose a player.
This creature has protection from the chosen player.
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
True-Name Nemesis was originally printed as a Rare in the Commander 2013 product line, designed to be a centerpiece card for the Mind Seize deck. It was created as a powerful tool for multiplayer games, specifically utilizing the protection mechanic to allow players to choose an opponent against whom their creature would be effectively immune, reflecting the political and targeted nature of the Commander format.
The illustration was provided by artist Clint Cearley, who depicted the creature as a faceless, shadowed entity emerging from a rift, emphasizing its identity-defying nature. Upon its release, the card quickly garnered significant attention from the legacy and eternal format communities for its resilience against single-target removal, becoming a staple of competitive play due to the difficulty opponents faced in interacting with it directly.
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