Nimbus Naiad
Enchantment Creature — Nymph
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Flying
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21985
Nimbus Naiad is a two-mana enchantment that slaps flying onto whatever creature you target and leaves a 2/2 body behind when it enters — reasonable rate for what it does. The ceiling is low, but it clocks in as a serviceable aura-creature hybrid for decks that care about enchantment count.
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 |
Nimbus Naiad finds its best home in Pauper, where common enchantment synergies and constellation payoffs make the enter-the-battlefield enchantment trigger genuinely useful. In Commander it's fringe at best — flying enablers at this rate get outclassed quickly, and the 2/2 body doesn't carry weight in a 40-life format. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have no interest; the card simply doesn't compete on power level in any of those environments.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Nimbus Naiad isn't currently available, but as a common with narrow appeal it almost certainly sits under a quarter. Pick it up as a bulk inclusion if your Pauper enchantment deck needs it — there's no financial case for acquiring it outside that specific use.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.