Nahiri, the Lithomancer
Legendary Planeswalker — Nahiri
+2: Create a 1/1 white Kor Soldier creature token. You may attach an Equipment you control to it.
−2: You may put an Equipment card from your hand or graveyard onto the battlefield.
−10: Create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Stoneforged Blade. It has indestructible, "Equipped creature gets +5/+5 and has double strike," and equip 
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Nahiri, the Lithomancer can be your commander.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Legendary Cube Prize Pack
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8817
Nahiri, the Lithomancer enters, makes a 1/1 with a free Equipment attach, ticks up to protect herself, and ultimates into a 10/10 double-striking Stoneforged Blade — all on a five-mana white planeswalker who can single-handedly run an Equipment gameplan. The cost is opportunity: five mana in Commander buys a lot, and Nahiri, Forged in Fury runs the same archetype faster and more aggressively, making the Lithomancer a role-player in that deck rather than the headliner.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Nahiri, Forged in Fury
Nahiri, Forged in Fury runs Nahiri, the Lithomancer as a loyalty-ability engine that generates tokens, recycles Equipment onto them, and offers a second threat axis — the two Nahiris stack into a recursive Equipment value loop that's hard for opponents to permanently disrupt.
Balan, Wandering Knight
Balan, Wandering Knight runs Nahiri, the Lithomancer as a self-contained Equipment package: Balan wants a wide spread of Equipment attached at instant speed, and Nahiri supplies a token to hold redundant pieces while threatening an ultimate that hands Balan a game-ending weapon.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nahiri, the Lithomancer is a Commander card through and through — the token-plus-Equipment engine scales with the longer game, and the ultimate is a realistic win condition in a 40-life format where you have time to tick up. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but essentially invisible; five mana for a planeswalker with no immediate board protection gets punished by the pace of those formats, and white has better options at that cost. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where she's worth considering, since you cast her repeatedly from the zone and the Equipment synergy compounds quickly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Nahiri, the Lithomancer isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live listings before buying. Given her niche as an Equipment-focused Commander-only card with limited cross-format demand, she's historically sat in the $3–8 range — pick her up whenever you're already placing an order rather than prioritizing her as a standalone purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury
- Balan, Wandering Knight
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.