MagicTheGathering.fyi

Nameless Inversion

Kindred Instant — Shapeshifter

Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Target creature gets +3/-3 and loses all creature types until end of turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
The List
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#8123
Buy on TCGplayer
Nameless Inversion card art
Nameless Inversion is a removal spell that doubles as a Changeling — meaning any commander that cares about creature types, from The Ur-Dragon's Dragon synergies to Rendmaw, Creaking Nest's insect triggers, gets to count it. The cost is real: -3/-3 doesn't kill everything, and you're paying two mana at sorcery speed for that type-line utility.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest

33.6% of decks · synergy 0.32

Rendmaw, Creaking Nest triggers off Insects entering and dying, and Nameless Inversion qualifies as an Insect the moment it hits your graveyard — so you get removal and a free trigger out of one card.

02
Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord

29.1% of decks · synergy 0.27

Zask, Skittering Swarmlord lets you cast Insects from your graveyard, and Nameless Inversion is an Insect in the bin, so it becomes a reusable removal spell that Zask can rebuy every time you have the mana.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Nameless Inversion earns its slot exclusively in tribal and graveyard decks that can exploit the Changeling subtype — outside that context, -3/-3 for two mana is below rate. Pauper is where the card has historically seen real competitive play, since common-legal removal is scarce and the Changeling rider is a genuine upside in tribal shells there. In Modern and Pioneer the competition is too steep: Path to Exile, Fatal Push, and Deadly Dispute all offer more for the slot. Legacy and Vintage aren't formats where a two-mana sorcery-speed -3/-3 makes the cut. Stick to Commander tribal builds and Pauper — everywhere else, Nameless Inversion is outclassed.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

113 decks
Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleNameless Inversion

Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleNameless Inversion

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack

View on Commander Spellbook ↗

Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Nameless Inversion is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. It's been printed enough times that the price has nowhere to go; pick up copies freely and don't worry about the bin.

Explore

Sources

Mentioned

← All cards

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