Nihiloor
Legendary Creature — Horror
When Nihiloor enters, for each opponent, tap up to one untapped creature you control. When you do, gain control of target creature that player controls with power less than or equal to the tapped creature's power for as long as you control Nihiloor.
Whenever you attack with a creature an opponent owns, you gain 2 life and that player loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- $2.31
- EDHREC rank
- #16198
Nihiloor steals a creature from each opponent on attack and pays you life equal to those creatures' power — the board impact is immediate and symmetrical punishment for anyone running big threats. It's a slower, grindier version of what Sen Triplets does with hand control, but where Sen Triplets takes resources before they're played, Nihiloor takes what's already on the table.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sen Triplets
Sen Triplets locks opponents out of their hands while Nihiloor takes the permanents they already resolved, creating a two-axis theft engine where opponents can neither cast new threats nor safely keep the ones they have.
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 |
Nihiloor is a Commander card through and through — the life-gain and theft triggers scale with the number of opponents, so the three-player minimum of a pod is where Nihiloor pays off most. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but a five-mana 4/4 with no immediate protection is nowhere near the power level those formats demand. Commander is the only context where the political and incremental-advantage design actually lands, and within that format Nihiloor fits best in Dimir or Esper builds that can protect it long enough to attack twice.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.31 cheap tier
At $2.31, Nihiloor sits in the cheap tier — low enough that including it in a theft or control build costs almost nothing to test. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint or breakout combo discovery, so it's a safe pickup at current value.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.