Nalia de'Arnise
Legendary Creature — Human Rogue
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard spells from the top of your library.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you have a full party, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control and those creatures gain deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $2.48
- EDHREC rank
- #8219
Nalia de'Arnise digs four cards deep every combat step she connects, putting the best card into your hand and fueling graveyard synergies with the rest — that kind of repeated card selection on a three-mana body is the engine most Rogues and party decks are built around. The cost is real: she needs to deal combat damage to a player, which means she folds to a single blocker or a piece of removal before her trigger resolves. Pair her with Mortuary effects or Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero and she's consistently worth the risk; in a vacuum she's fragile.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero runs Nalia de'Arnise in over 95% of its lists because she fills two roles at once: she counts toward party for Burakos's Treasure generation and provides the card selection that keeps the engine churning through the deck.
The Destined Warrior
The Destined Warrior wants as many party members as possible attacking and connecting, and Nalia de'Arnise delivers both a Rogue body for party count and a payoff trigger that turns every successful swing into a draw-and-discard that feeds the graveyard strategies The Destined Warrior rewards.
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 |
Commander is where Nalia de'Arnise lives — she's legal and purpose-built for the format's multiplayer combat dynamics, where opponents will often leave her unblocked early rather than expose themselves. In Legacy and Vintage she's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; those formats move too fast and offer far more efficient card selection than a combat-damage trigger on a 3/3 can compete with. Oathbreaker is the one other format where she could realistically function as a signature spell target or 60-card support piece, though her impact there depends entirely on the shell. Outside those three, she simply isn't legal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nalia de'ArniseMortuaryPhyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Nalia de'ArniseMortuaryUniversal AutomatonAshnod's Altar
Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$2.48 cheap tier
At $2.48, Nalia de'Arnise sits comfortably in the cheap tier — low enough that including her is a no-brainer in any party or Rogues build where she fits. Given her near-universal inclusion in Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero lists and strong synergy scores across multiple commanders, the price reflects steady demand rather than hype, which makes it stable.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Mortuary
- Burakos, Party Leader // Folk Hero
- The Destined Warrior
- Phyrexian Altar
- Universal Automaton
- Ashnod's Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.