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Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant

Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

Hexproof from artifacts, creatures, and enchantments
When Nevinyrral enters, create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token for each creature that died this turn.
When Nevinyrral dies, you may pay {1}. When you do, destroy all artifacts, creatures, and enchantments.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{3}{W}{U}{B}
Color identity
BUW
Rarity
rare
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#14910
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Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant card art
Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant enters and immediately threatens a board wipe plus a zombie army — that's a two-for-one stapled to a body before you spend a single additional mana. The catch is the seven-mana base cost, which means without ramp or a sacrifice outlet like Phyrexian Altar to reset him cheaply, he's a late-game play that folds to a well-timed counter.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the only format where Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant is genuinely at home — the 100-card singleton environment is slow enough that seven mana is reachable, and multiplayer boards are dense enough that his ETB wipe generates a meaningful zombie horde. Legacy and Vintage allow him technically, but no competitive shell there wants a seven-mana creature when faster, cheaper threats exist. Oathbreaker is legal but the compressed game length makes his cost punishing.

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Price Context

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Current pricing data for Nevinyrral, Urborg Tyrant isn't available here — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given his niche role as a reanimator and sacrifice-value target, he tends to sit in the budget-to-mid range, making him an easy pickup if a zombie or aristocrats build is already on your radar.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.