Nyxborn Marauder
Enchantment Creature — Minotaur
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26991
Nyxborn Marauder enters with two +1/+1 counters on itself and puts two more on other target creatures, delivering four counters across the board for four mana. That rate is fine in dedicated counters synergy decks but unremarkable everywhere else.
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 |
Nyxborn Marauder is a role-player in Commander, where +1/+1 counter synergies around commanders like Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or Hamza, Guardian of Arashin can make the four-counter entry worthwhile. In Pauper it's legal but competes with commons that generate more consistent value at lower mana costs, so it rarely makes the cut. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer are too fast and efficient for a four-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with no immediate board impact beyond the counters — it doesn't slot into any competitive archetype in those formats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Nyxborn Marauder is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a collection trade. There's no scarcity or spike potential here; it will stay at this floor unless a future printing dramatically shifts the counters-matter landscape.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.