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Nyxborn Triton

Enchantment Creature — Merfolk2 generic manaBlue mana

The bestow mechanic answers a problem that has dogged Auras since the beginning: a normal enchantment is a two-for-one waiting to happen, because removing the enchanted creature eats the Aura along with it. Bestow refunds the enchantment as a creature instead, so the downside that has always made Auras risky is partly bought back. Cast cheaply, this is a defensive body whose toughness blunts an attack; cast for its bestow cost, it becomes a permanent stat boost that outlives whatever it was stapled to, dropping back into play as a creature the moment its host dies. That non-destruction clause is the whole pivot, and it is what separates bestow from every straight Aura before it. The +2/+3 grant skews toward survivability over reach, which suits a color that would rather stall a swing than push damage through. As a common-rarity expression of the idea, it hits the cleanest version of the pitch: a low floor when the game is young, a flexible ceiling when it stabilizes, and no board state where the card is genuinely stranded. It was never built to be flashy. It was built to be the card you are always content to hold, useful on turn three and useful again ten turns later.

Nyxborn Triton (bng)
BNG · #46common
Pricing
Normal: $0.15
Foil: $0.16
Oracle Text

Rules text

Bestow 4 generic manaBlue mana (If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.) Enchanted creature gets +2/+3.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
N/A
Historic
N/A
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
N/A
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
N/A
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
N/A
TLR
Legal
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