Nexus Wardens
Creature — Satyr Archer
Reach
Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #16206
Nexus Wardens gains you life equal to the number of Auras and Equipment attached to your creatures — a number that can get large fast in the right shell. The three-mana cost is fine for a 2/4 body, but you're here for the trigger, not the stats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nexus Wardens earns its slot in Aura- or Equipment-heavy decks where the trigger routinely fires for four or more life — enough to matter in a multiplayer game with 40 starting life. Outside of Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Pauper, but it sees essentially no competitive play in any of those formats; three mana for a life-gain trigger is too slow when threats end games on turns two and three. Pauper is the one fringe case worth noting — if an Aura-based deck ever emerges there, Nexus Wardens is a cheap, on-theme engine piece, but no such archetype currently exists at volume.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Nexus Wardens is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if the deck wants it. Bulk rare prices like this rarely move unless a breakout deck creates sudden demand, so don't expect the price to change in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.