Nefashu
Creature — Zombie Mutant
Whenever this creature attacks, up to five target creatures each get -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planechase
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #19967
Nefashu enters and immediately forces each opponent to -1/-1 five of their creatures — a board-warping six-power attacker that doubles as a mass debilitator. The seven-mana price tag is steep, but Horobi, Death's Wail turns every one of those -1/-1 counters into an outright kill, which reframes the cost entirely.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Horobi, Death's Wail
Horobi, Death's Wail makes any targeting effect lethal, so Nefashu's five enters-the-battlefield counters become five free kills — that's a two-card, game-warping board wipe the moment Nefashu resolves.
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 |
Nefashu is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and 40-life totals give a seven-mana creature room to breathe, and multiplayer boards give those five -1/-1 counters enough targets to matter. In Legacy and Vintage, seven mana is a fantasy in any competitive context, and Nefashu offers nothing broken enough to justify the slot. Oathbreaker is legal but similarly hostile to expensive, fair creatures without a busted planeswalker pairing to accelerate the gameplan. Stick to Commander, specifically black shells running counter synergies or Horobi.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Nefashu sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire, easy to try. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb without a spike in competitive demand, and nothing about Nefashu's power level or format presence suggests that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.