Nausea
Sorcery
All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #16478
Nausea hits every creature with -1/-1 until end of turn for two mana, wiping token boards and trading profitably with X/1 utility creatures that dodge conventional sweepers. Maha, Its Feathers Night runs it in over 40% of decks because the cost of a black sorcery is trivial next to the board states it collapses.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Maha, Its Feathers Night
Maha, Its Feathers Night cares about paying life and casting spells with power, and Nausea does exactly what a -1/-1 anthem effect needs — it kills the token swarms and mana dorks that would otherwise stall Maha's gameplan before it gets going.
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 |
In Commander, Nausea punches above its slot: token decks are everywhere, and a two-mana spell that clears a Tendril of Agony's worth of 1/1s is real tempo. Pauper is where it genuinely competes as a sideboard piece against aggressive elf and faerie strategies, and it shows up there for exactly that reason. Legacy and Vintage have access to faster and more flexible options, so Nausea doesn't see meaningful play in those formats outside of fringe budget builds. It's not legal in Standard or Pioneer, which is irrelevant — the card's home has always been lower-powered or singleton formats where the rate is hard to beat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Nausea is firmly bulk — you'll find copies in any common box at your local game store without thinking twice. That price is stable because supply is deep and demand is narrow, so don't expect it to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.