Nylea, God of the Hunt
Legendary Enchantment Creature — God
Indestructible
As long as your devotion to green is less than five, Nylea isn't a creature. (Each 
in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to green.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $12.57
- EDHREC rank
- #3156
Nylea, God of the Hunt hands your entire board trample for four mana and sits as an indestructible 6/6 the moment you hit seven power among your creatures — both effects active on the same card is the deal. Bello, Bard of the Brambles players in particular treat Nylea, God of the Hunt as a near-staple because trample is the difference between a big vanilla creature and a game-ending threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Bello, Bard of the Brambles cares about big base-power creatures, and Nylea, God of the Hunt turns every one of them into a threat that can't be chump-blocked away — trample is the keyword that makes Bello's stat-pumping actually close games.
Omnath, Locus of Mana
Omnath, Locus of Mana stockpiles green mana as raw power on Omnath itself, so flipping Nylea, God of the Hunt active is trivial, and the global trample grant means that stored power punches through any wall of tokens.
Esika, God of the Tree
Esika, God of the Tree runs a god-tribal subtheme on the Prismatic Bridge half, and Nylea, God of the Hunt slots in as a legitimate member of that pantheon while providing the trample that a legendary-creature-heavy board often lacks.
Wildsear, Scouring Maw
Wildsear, Scouring Maw wants to connect with players, and Nylea, God of the Hunt solves the chump-block problem cleanly — trample means Wildsear's damage goes through even into a stacked board state.
Xenagos, God of Revels
Xenagos, God of Revels doubles a creature's power and toughness at attack, which makes trample from Nylea, God of the Hunt exponentially more punishing — a 20/20 with trample is a kill shot; without it, a single 1/1 token blocks and survives.
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 |
Commander is where Nylea, God of the Hunt earns its keep — multiplayer boards fill up with chump blockers fast, and a four-mana enchantment that grants global trample while threatening to become an indestructible 6/6 is real infrastructure, not a luxury. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but essentially invisible; those formats kill you before a four-mana do-nothing-until-you-untap enchantment stabilizes. Modern and Pioneer are the more interesting cases: Nylea, God of the Hunt has seen fringe devotion-green play in both, but it competes for the top of a curve that wants faster payoffs, so it's a sideboard curiosity at best outside Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Garruk's Uprising gives trample to all your creatures entering and draws cards on top, at a fraction of the price — it doesn't become an indestructible beatstick, but the card advantage often matters more in practice. Primal Rage is the floor option at bulk-rare prices, covering the pure trample-anthem role if the 6/6 body and indestructibility aren't relevant to your build; you lose the devotion upside entirely, but if your deck just needs the keyword, Primal Rage gets the job done for almost nothing.
Price Context
Current price
$12.57 mid tier
At $12.57, Nylea, God of the Hunt sits in mid-tier pricing that's broadly fair for an indestructible enchantment creature with a permanent board-wide effect. It's not a card that's likely to crater — god-type cards hold collector appeal and the effect is genuinely useful — but you're paying a meaningful premium over functional budget replacements, so the purchase is justified only if the indestructibility and devotion payoff are central to your plan.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.