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Ob Nixilis's Cruelty

two generic manaone black manaInstant

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Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Trapped on Ravnica with no affection for either side, Ob Nixilis sought gratification in random acts of torment.

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Ob Nixilis's Cruelty rulings

  • The replacement effect from Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty resolves.

Ob Nixilis's Cruelty format legality

Constructed

  • StandardNot legal
  • PioneerLegal
  • ModernLegal
  • Future StandardNot legal

Eternal

  • LegacyLegal
  • VintageLegal
  • PauperLegal
  • PremodernNot legal
  • Old SchoolNot legal
  • Penny DreadfulNot legal

Commander

  • CommanderLegal
  • OathbreakerLegal
  • Pauper CommanderLegal
  • Duel CommanderLegal
  • PreDHNot legal

Arena & online

  • HistoricLegal
  • TimelessLegal
  • AlchemyNot legal
  • GladiatorLegal
  • BrawlLegal
  • Standard BrawlNot legal
  • Competitive BrawlLegal

Other

  • TLRLegal

All printings of Ob Nixilis's Cruelty 19

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