Nightmare Void
Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a card from it. That player discards that card.
Dredge 2 (If you would draw a card, you may mill two cards instead. If you do, return this card from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21152
Nightmare Void hits the opponent's hand for a discard and your library for a potential free spell — all on one five-mana sorcery. The ceiling rises sharply with Bone Miser in play, converting each discarded card into mana, a 2/2, or a card, but even without that payoff the raw discard-and-recur effect earns its slot in dedicated reanimator and discard-matters shells.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nightmare Void is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer table gives you multiple targets for the forced discard, and graveyard synergies are plentiful enough that the "return a card from your graveyard to hand" rider regularly upgrades into something meaningful. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; five mana at sorcery speed for one discard doesn't clear the bar in those formats when Thoughtseize costs one. Commander is the only context where Nightmare Void is worth sleeving up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Bone MiserNightmare VoidSkirge Familiar
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite black mana; Near-infinite self-discard triggers
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Nightmare Void is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. That price is stable; there's no crossover competitive demand to push it, so bulk is where it stays.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.