Nissa's Revelation
Sorcery
Scry 5, then reveal the top card of your library. If it's a creature card, you draw cards equal to its power and you gain life equal to its toughness.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17212
Nissa's Revelation scries 5 then draws cards and gains life equal to the highest power among creatures revealed — in a creature-heavy green deck, that's routinely 5+ cards and 10+ life for seven mana. The cost keeps it out of competitive lists, but in a midrange or stompy Commander shell, the payoff is backbreaking.
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 |
Nissa's Revelation is a Commander card through and through — seven mana is a real cost in Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, where the game is often over before you untap with it, and those formats have no shortage of cheaper, more consistent draw engines. In Commander, the math flips: green ramp gets you to seven reliably, multiplayer life totals make the life gain meaningful, and a single activation that draws five cards off a Craterhoof Behemoth or Ghalta, Primal Hunger refills your hand mid-board-state. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it has a realistic home, strictly in a green planeswalker shell that can hit seven mana with support.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Nissa's Revelation is deep bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the effect fits your deck. Bulk rares that see narrow but real Commander play rarely spike, so don't expect movement, but there's no reason to pay more than a quarter for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.