Nim Replica
Artifact Creature — Zombie
, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30585
Nim Replica trades a three-mana artifact body for a deathtouch blocker that can cash itself in to destroy any creature — relevant removal stapled to a permanent. It's narrow enough that only dedicated artifact or sacrifice strategies want it, but in those shells it pulls genuine double duty.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nim Replica fits artifact-matters decks that want both a sacrifice outlet payoff and incidental removal — Breya, Etherium Shaper or Glissa, the Traitor shells are the natural homes. Pauper is the format where Nim Replica is most competitive, since deathtouch plus removal-on-a-stick at common is a real rate in slower artifact synergy lists. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal but Nim Replica doesn't see play in any of them — three mana for a 2/2 with an activated ability is well below the power threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Nim Replica is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not buying singles. That price is stable by definition; there's no demand event that would move a card this narrow.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.