Nyxborn Unicorn
Enchantment Creature — Unicorn
Bestow 
(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)
Mentor (Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature with lesser power.)
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has mentor.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #12534
Nyxborn Unicorn gives a creature lifelink and vigilance as an Aura, which is a fine combination of keywords on a single enchantment — the problem is the three-mana cost for a card that does nothing on its own. Outside of Thurid, Mare of Destiny, where enchantment density is the entire game plan, this effect sits below the rate you'd want.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny rewards stacking enchantments on creatures, and Nyxborn Unicorn pulls double duty as both an Aura that triggers that engine and a body that counts toward enchantment totals — the lifelink and vigilance keywords are secondary to the enchantment type itself.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Nyxborn Unicorn is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive demand in any of those formats is effectively zero. In Pauper, common Auras live or die by their mana efficiency, and three mana for lifelink plus vigilance doesn't clear the bar when Armadillo Cloak and similar options exist. Commander is the realistic home, specifically inside dedicated enchantress or Aura-matters builds where the enchantment subtype matters as much as the effect. Everywhere else, Nyxborn Unicorn is outclassed before it hits the table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Nyxborn Unicorn is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.