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Ob Nixilis, the Adversary

Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis1 generic manaBlack manaRed mana

Most planeswalkers with a copy clause bolt the doubling onto an activated or triggered ability; here the copying happens on the cast itself, and Casualty is what pays for it. Sacrifice a creature whose power matches X and you get a second Ob Nixilis, non-legendary and entering with X loyalty, so the sacrifice isn't a tax on the copy but a way to scale it: a bigger creature means a beefier second walker rather than a strictly better token. That structure resolves the usual tension a three-loyalty planeswalker faces, which is that it dies to a single attacker before it earns its cost. Two bodies split the opponent's removal and combat math in half, and both can start ticking their plus the turn they land. The +1 doubles as reach and hand disruption at once, forcing a discard or two life while feeding a life-swing if either half has produced a Devil, which the -2 obligingly does; the Devil's death-ping means even the tokens contribute damage on their way out. The card presents itself as a grind engine and behaves as a clock: one card that arrives as a pair, drains, disrupts, and manufactures its own board, with the casualty cost tuning how much of each you buy up front.

Ob Nixilis, the Adversary (snc)
SNC · #206mythic
Pricing
Normal: $1.89
Foil: $2.27
Oracle Text

Rules text

Casualty X. The copy isn't legendary and has starting loyalty X. (As you cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power X. When you do, copy this spell. The copy becomes a token.) +1: Each opponent loses 2 life unless they discard a card. If you control a Demon or Devil, you gain 2 life. −2: Create a 1/1 red Devil creature token with "When this token dies, it deals 1 damage to any target." −7: Target player draws seven cards and loses 7 life.
Legalities

Format Status

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

Other printings

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