Flayed Nim
Creature — Skeleton
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, that creature's controller loses that much life.
: Regenerate this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #23834
Flayed Nim turns your own life-loss into a drain engine — whenever you lose life, each opponent loses that much too. The cost is a five-mana 3/3 with no evasion, which is a steep ask in a format where Sorin Markov exists.
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 |
Flayed Nim is a Commander card through and through — the effect compounds meaningfully when three opponents are all bleeding simultaneously, and black life-loss payoff decks like Selenia, Dark Dweller or Evelyn, the Covetous give it real homes. In Legacy and Vintage it's unplayable; five mana for a 3/3 with no immediate board impact doesn't compete. Modern technically allows it, but the same problem applies — this effect isn't worth a five-drop when the format ends on turn four.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Flayed Nim is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and little else. That price is stable because demand is narrow: it sees play in a specific Commander niche and nowhere else, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.