Nissa's Defeat
Sorcery
Destroy target Forest, green enchantment, or green planeswalker. If that permanent was a Nissa planeswalker, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Pioneer Anthology 1
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28725
Nissa's Defeat is a narrow hate card — it destroys a Forest, Nissa planeswalker, or green enchantment for three mana, and does nothing outside those targets. In any meta without a dedicated green enchantment or Nissa player, it's a dead card in hand.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nissa's Defeat is a sideboard card with no sideboard — it punishes green-heavy pods but bricks entirely against non-green opponents, making it too inconsistent for the 99. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have actual sideboards where narrow hate can shine, but even there, three mana is steep when you can answer a Forest with Blood Moon or hit enchantments with Wear // Tear for less. Pioneer and Oathbreaker offer the same theoretical slot, same problem. Nissa's Defeat is a card that knows exactly what it wants to kill and rarely gets the chance.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Nissa's Defeat at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Narrow hate cards with low demand tend to sit at bulk pricing, and nothing about this card's playability suggests otherwise.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.