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Nim Devourer

Creature — Zombie

This creature gets +1/+0 for each artifact you control.
{B}{B}: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield, then sacrifice a creature. Activate only during your upkeep.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Mirrodin
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#24979
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Nim Devourer card art
Nim Devourer turns every creature death into a free recurrence engine — at seven mana, that payoff has to end the game or it's just slow. Pair it with Pitiless Plunderer and you're not paying that seven twice; without that kind of cost reduction, it's a win-more card that sits stranded in hand.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Nim Devourer lives, and even there it sits in a narrow lane — sacrifice-heavy black decks that generate enough treasure or mana outlets to loop it repeatedly. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but a seven-mana creature with no immediate board impact doesn't compete in those formats. Modern is the same story: the card is technically legal and practically invisible. Nim Devourer is a Commander card through and through, and a conditional one at that.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Nim Devourer is deep bulk — no price pressure, easy to acquire, and unlikely to move without a sudden spike in sacrifice-combo popularity. It holds that floor comfortably; just don't expect it to appreciate.

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