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Maskwood Nexus

Artifact

Creatures you control are every creature type. The same is true for creature spells you control and creature cards you own that aren't on the battlefield.
{3}, {T}: Create a 2/2 blue Shapeshifter creature token with changeling. (It is every creature type.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{4}
Color identity
C
Rarity
rare
Set
Kaldheim Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#484
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Maskwood Nexus card art
Maskwood Nexus makes every creature you control every creature type simultaneously, which is the entire sentence — that one static effect breaks type-matters commanders wide open. The four-mana cost and artifact status are real costs, but The World Tree fetching any god and Disa the Restless triggering off any graveyard creature are exactly the kind of payoffs that make those costs irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Disa the Restless

Disa the Restless

82.2% of decks · synergy 0.77

Disa the Restless cares about Lhurgoyfs, and Maskwood Nexus turns every creature in your graveyard into every creature type — including Lhurgoyf — so her triggered ability fires off practically any creature that dies.

02
Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

70.9% of decks · synergy 0.67

Magda, Brazen Outlaw generates Treasure whenever a Dwarf becomes tapped, and Maskwood Nexus makes every creature you control a Dwarf, turning any tapping creature — mana dorks, utility creatures, anything — into a Treasure engine.

03
Nalia de'Arnise

Nalia de'Arnise

65.2% of decks · synergy 0.63

Nalia de'Arnise rewards you for controlling Rogues, Warriors, and other Dungeon-relevant creature types, and Maskwood Nexus guarantees every creature you run satisfies those tribal requirements simultaneously.

04
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

71.1% of decks · synergy 0.61

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave grows and draws cards based on Elves and Wolves entering the battlefield; Maskwood Nexus means every creature you play triggers both clauses, turning any creature-heavy board into a runaway draw engine.

05
Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive

60.4% of decks · synergy 0.57

Etrata, Deadly Fugitive's ability to sneak-attack with Assassins is dramatically easier when Maskwood Nexus makes the entire team Assassins, letting you pick whichever creature is most convenient for the combat trick.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Maskwood Nexus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is where it actually matters. In 60-card formats the four-mana artifact with no immediate board impact is far too slow — tribal synergies in Modern and Pioneer are built around redundancy and speed, not a single artifact that can be countered or destroyed before it does anything. Commander is the natural home: the singleton format rewards the unique effect, the longer games give it time to generate value, and the sheer number of tribal commanders with percentages above 70% inclusion confirms that Maskwood Nexus is solving a real problem at high rates. In Oathbreaker it's playable in the right shell but largely mirrors the Commander use case at a smaller scale.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Maskwood Nexus isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its consistent 60–82% inclusion rates across multiple high-population commanders, it has held real demand and is worth acquiring before you need it rather than after.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.