Nebuchadnezzar
Legendary Creature — Human Wizard
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: Choose a card name. Target opponent reveals X cards at random from their hand. Then that player discards all cards with that name revealed this way. Activate only during your turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $34.64
- EDHREC rank
- #23966
Nebuchadnezzar forces an opponent to discard cards equal to its power whenever it deals combat damage to that player — potent hand disruption stapled to a creature that costs five mana and asks you to attack. The activation ceiling is real, but five mana for a 3/3 with no evasion means Nebuchadnezzar rarely connects without significant support.
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 |
In Commander, Nebuchadnezzar is a niche include in Dimir or Grixis discard builds where the 99 is already engineered around stripping hands — think Nicol Bolas or Crosis, the Purger shells that want repeated damage triggers. Outside of that narrow lane, five mana for a fragile attacker is hard to justify when cheaper, more reliable discard engines exist. In Legacy and Vintage, Nebuchadnezzar simply doesn't compete — those formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed discard plan tied to a creature's combat damage. Oathbreaker could theoretically support it in a dedicated discard shell, but the same structural weaknesses apply.
Key Combos
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Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Needle Specter and Abyssal Specter do similar damage-triggered discard work for two to three mana less and come with flying, which Nebuchadnezzar lacks entirely. If the goal is raw hand disruption without the combat dependency, Thought Erasure or Hymn to Tourach get cards out of hand for a fraction of the cost and zero reliance on combat math.
Price Context
Current price
$34.64 premium tier
At $34.64, Nebuchadnezzar sits in premium territory driven entirely by its status as a Legends-era collectible, not competitive demand. The price reflects scarcity, not power — don't buy Nebuchadnezzar to improve your deck.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.