Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients
Legendary Planeswalker — Nahiri
+1: Create a 1/1 white Kor Warrior creature token. You may attach an Equipment you control to it.
−2: Look at the top six cards of your library. You may reveal a Warrior or Equipment card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
−3: Nahiri deals damage to target creature or planeswalker equal to twice the number of Equipment you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Zendikar Rising Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9734
Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients enters at four mana and immediately starts generating Equipment and Warriors while ticking toward an ultimate that closes games — the floor is a free equip trigger, the ceiling is a repeatable threat factory. Nahiri, Forged in Fury is the obvious home, but any Equipment-heavy shell that wants a planeswalker doing real work on curve should have this on the shortlist.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury runs Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients because the two form a thematic and mechanical engine: Heir generates Warriors and tutors Equipment directly onto the battlefield, feeding every payoff Forged in Fury cares about while adding planeswalker loyalty pressure that demands an answer.
Bruenor Battlehammer
Bruenor Battlehammer wants every Equipment tutor and cost-reducer it can find, and Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients delivers both — the plus ability fetches Equipment from the library and puts it into play attached, letting Bruenor's cost-reduction ability stretch even further across the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients occupies a clear role in Equipment and Warrior tribal builds — four mana for a planeswalker that tutors and equips on the same turn is genuinely ahead of curve, and the ultimate is threatening enough that opponents have to respect it. In Modern and Pioneer, she competes in a narrower Equipment shell alongside Stoneforge Mystic, and while she doesn't replace that two-drop, she extends the top end with built-in card advantage. Legacy has too many faster threats and too little patience for a four-mana planeswalker without immediate board impact, so she rarely sees play there. Oathbreaker is the other sweet spot — running Nahiri, Heir of the Ancients as the oathbreaker herself in a Warriors-and-swords shell lets her abilities define the deck's entire game plan from the command zone.
Key Combos
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Price Context
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Mentioned
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury
- Bruenor Battlehammer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.