Nasty End
Instant
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards. If the sacrificed creature was legendary, draw three cards instead.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #1880
Nasty End kills a creature and draws you cards — the exact trade-off aggressive decks hate to give up, and graveyard decks love to receive. At four mana it's not cheap, but in a Ratadrabik of Urborg shell where the creature hitting the bin matters as much as it dying, the card draw is almost incidental upside on top of a real engine trigger.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ratadrabik of Urborg
Ratadrabik of Urborg turns every creature death into a 2/2 token copy, so Nasty End does double duty: remove a threat and feed the engine simultaneously. Over half of Ratadrabik decks run it for exactly that reason.
Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Edea, Possessed Sorceress cares about creatures dying under her control, and Nasty End targeting your own fodder generates value while replacing itself — the card draw makes it a clean two-for-one that fits her sacrifice-forward game plan.
Sméagol, Helpful Guide
Sméagol, Helpful Guide wants creatures entering and leaving the battlefield constantly, and Nasty End provides a removal spell that also fuels graveyard and draw triggers he generates along the way.
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh rewards life-payment and resource generation, and Nasty End's card draw on a removal spell aligns with her engine of converting resources into board advantage.
The Balrog, Durin's Bane
The Balrog, Durin's Bane exiles creatures it fights, but opponents' creatures still die in combat — Nasty End handles anything that slips through while keeping cards flowing in a deck that can run thin on resources.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Nasty End earns its keep — graveyard commanders actively want creatures to die with upside attached, and drawing two cards while removing a threat is a meaningful rate in a multiplayer game where card advantage compounds. In Pauper it competes in a crowded field of black removal, and the four-mana cost is steep when the format moves faster and cheaper options exist. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient answers, so Nasty End won't see play there outside a niche reanimator shell that specifically wants the draw trigger. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Nasty End is deep bulk — easy to pick up in a common bin or throw into any order without thinking twice. Bulk removal with a narrow home rarely climbs in price, so buy it for the effect, not the speculation.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ratadrabik of Urborg
- Edea, Possessed Sorceress
- Sméagol, Helpful Guide
- Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
- The Balrog, Durin's Bane
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.