Nameless Race
Creature
Trample
As this creature enters, pay any amount of life. The amount you pay can't be more than the total number of white nontoken permanents your opponents control plus the total number of white cards in their graveyards.
Nameless Race's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $3.86
- EDHREC rank
- #30147
Nameless Race enters as a creature with power and toughness equal to the number of white permanents across all players — in a white-heavy pod, that number gets enormous fast. The catch is a life payment equal to that same count, so the bigger the threat, the steeper the tax.
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 Nameless Race has the most potential, since four players means four white permanents counts stacking — the creature can easily enter as a 20/20 or larger in the right pod. Outside Commander, it sees fringe Legacy and Vintage play at best, where white-heavy metas can occasionally make the life payment worthwhile, but the lack of evasion or built-in protection makes it hard to justify over more consistent threats. It's unplayable in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper due to legality. Nameless Race is fundamentally a glass-cannon payoff that rewards metagame reading over raw card quality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.86 cheap tier
At $3.86, Nameless Race sits in the cheap tier — reasonable given it's a narrow, build-around card with a small audience. The price reflects its niche appeal rather than broad demand, so it's unlikely to spike unless a dedicated archetype pushes it into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.