Nyxbloom Ancient
Enchantment Creature — Elemental
Trample
If you tap a permanent for mana, it produces three times as much of that mana instead.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $35.03
- EDHREC rank
- #991
Nyxbloom Ancient triples the mana from each permanent you tap — not doubles, triples — which means a single Basalt Monolith or Gaea's Cradle goes from ramp to engine in one attack step. The seven-mana cost is real, but in any deck that wants to go over the top on mana, Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy included, the payoff is immediate and often game-ending.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy already rewards non-land mana sources, and Nyxbloom Ancient turns every mana rock and dork into a firehose — the combination routinely generates enough mana to activate Kinnan's tutor ability multiple times in a single turn.
Omnath, Locus of Mana
Omnath, Locus of Mana stores unused green mana between turns and grows accordingly, so Nyxbloom Ancient tripling each tap means the stored pool — and Omnath's power and toughness — can reach absurd numbers before a single spell is cast.
Kruphix, God of Horizons
Kruphix, God of Horizons converts excess mana into a colorless reserve that carries over indefinitely, and Nyxbloom Ancient makes the surpluses large enough that Kruphix decks can bank enough mana in a single turn to cast anything in hand the following one.
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash forces mana-burn symmetrically, and Nyxbloom Ancient amplifies that punishment by tripling what each permanent produces — opponents who can't spend the extra mana lose life at three times the usual rate.
Yuna, Hope of Spira
Yuna, Hope of Spira has expensive activated abilities that demand repeated large mana investments, and Nyxbloom Ancient compresses the setup time by tripling every tap so those activations become accessible several turns earlier than they would otherwise be.
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 Nyxbloom Ancient actually lives — the format's slower clock gives it time to land, and the singleton rule means the payoff for resolving one seven-drop is higher relative to the cost of running it. In competitive EDH it's too slow and too fragile compared to fast mana, but in mid-power tables it's a genuine finisher engine. Nyxbloom Ancient is technically legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but none of those formats give it a realistic home — the cost is prohibitive, there's no shell that wants a win condition this slow, and it sees essentially zero play outside Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nyxbloom AncientFreed from the Real
Infinite blue mana; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Nyxbloom AncientPemmin's Aura
Infinite blue mana; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Yurlok of Scorch ThrashStaff of DominationNyxbloom Ancient
Infinite black mana for all players; Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite green mana for all players; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite red mana for all players; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds and Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger are the closest functional analogues — Selvala generates large bursts off big creatures for two mana, while Vorinclex taxes opponents and doubles your own production, both well under $10. Neither replicates the clean tripling that Nyxbloom Ancient provides, but both slot into the same big-green-mana shells and close the gap enough that budget builders rarely feel the absence.
Price Context
Current price
$35.03 premium tier
At $35.03, Nyxbloom Ancient sits firmly in the premium tier — expensive enough that it's a deliberate purchase, not an incidental pickup. It's a mythic enchantment creature with a narrow but devoted home, so the price is stable rather than speculative, and players who want it should expect to pay close to this number for the foreseeable future.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.