Dune-Brood Nephilim
Creature — Nephilim
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a 1/1 colorless Sand creature token for each land you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $4.27
- EDHREC rank
- #21837
Dune-Brood Nephilim turns every combat swing into a token army, and pairing it with Breath of Fury converts that army into an unlimited attack chain that ends the game on the spot. The ask is a 4-color mana base spanning black, red, green, and white — steep but worth it for a card that wins from a single connected hit.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Dune-Brood Nephilim truly lives — it's legal in Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker as well, but a vanilla 6/6 with no evasion and a 4-color casting cost has no competitive role in any 60-card format. In Commander it can serve as the general itself under the rule that allows Nephilim as commanders, or slot into any 4-color or 5-color deck that can meet its pip requirements. Oathbreaker is a functional option but the 20-life starting total shrinks the window to assemble a token win before opponents close out.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Breath of FuryDune-Brood NephilimAnger
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Dune-Brood NephilimAggravated AssaultPhyrexian Altar
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite colored mana
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Breath of FuryDune-Brood NephilimMass Hysteria
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Breath of FuryDune-Brood NephilimFervor
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Dune-Brood NephilimHellkite ChargerPhyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana; Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$4.27 cheap tier
At $4.27, Dune-Brood Nephilim sits at the low end of the niche-casual tier — cheap enough to pick up without hesitation, and the price reflects a card with a narrow but devoted audience. Demand is unlikely to spike dramatically, but copies are scarce enough that a popular 4-color Commander deck featuring it could quietly push the number up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.