Nefarious Imp
Creature — Imp
Flying
Whenever one or more permanents you control leave the battlefield, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17679
Nefarious Imp turns every Devil and Imp you control into a forced discard on death, taxing opponents every time your creatures trade or get removed. Raphael, Fiendish Savior floods the board with exactly those creature types, so the Imp's trigger fires constantly and opponents empty their hands faster than they expect.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
Raphael, Fiendish Savior generates a steady stream of Devil and Imp tokens, which means Nefarious Imp's death trigger goes off repeatedly in the same turn cycle — opponents can't hold removal without paying for it in cards.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nefarious Imp is a niche role-player that earns its slot only in tribal shells built around Devils and Imps; outside of those, the payoff is too narrow for a 99-card singleton format where redundancy matters. Pauper is where the card has the most theoretical reach — aggressive black decks can sometimes leverage incidental discard — but Imps and Devils don't form a cohesive tribe there either, so Nefarious Imp mostly sits on the fringe. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; those formats demand far more efficient discard engines. The card's honest home is Raphael-style Commander builds, and even there it competes for slots with higher-impact tribal payoffs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Nefarious Imp isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures. Given its narrow tribal application, it almost certainly sits at bulk rare or near-bulk territory — pick it up without hesitation if you're building the right deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.