Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Legendary Creature — Demon
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target player lose 3 life. If you do, put three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown
- Price
- $4.36
- EDHREC rank
- #1939
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen turns every land drop into a Drain Life — each land that enters under your control deals 3 damage to target player and pumps him permanently, making him a game-ending threat within two or three fetch cycles. The catch is a five-mana body that does nothing until lands hit play, so he belongs in dedicated landfall shells like The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride or Xavier Sal, Infested Captain, not in generic goodstuff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride
The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride sacs lands to move through the deck, and every one of those sacrificed lands triggers landfall if a fetch or Gitrog's own ability puts one back into play — Ob Nixilis, the Fallen converts that loop directly into lethal damage and an ever-growing body.
Lord Windgrace
Lord Windgrace's plus ability plays lands from the graveyard, stacking multiple landfall triggers per turn cycle, and Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is one of the biggest payoffs for that volume — draining three per land and growing out of bolt range fast.
Teval, the Balanced Scale
Teval, the Balanced Scale mills cards and recurs lands consistently, generating the repeated landfall triggers that Ob Nixilis, the Fallen needs to close games before opponents stabilize.
Sméagol, Helpful Guide
Sméagol, Helpful Guide puts lands into play off its trigger, and Ob Nixilis, the Fallen capitalizes on each one, translating the incremental land acceleration Sméagol provides into direct pressure that builds across the table.
Yarok, the Desecrated
Yarok, the Desecrated doubles landfall triggers, which means each land drop with Ob Nixilis, the Fallen on board deals 6 damage and adds two counters — a pairing that turns a single fetchland into a brutal swing in both life totals and board presence.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Ob Nixilis, the Fallen — the format's higher life totals reward his incremental drain, and Jund and mono-black landfall shells give him the repeated land triggers he needs to end games. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but irrelevant; five mana for a creature that requires additional setup has no competitive place in formats defined by fast interaction and broken mana. Modern is similarly hostile — he's too slow and too conditional against the format's cheap disruption. Oathbreaker is where he shows up occasionally as a signature spell target in landfall lists, though he's more effective as a commander-equivalent there than as a spell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmOb Nixilis, the FallenAwaken the Woods
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmOb Nixilis, the FallenStaff of Titania
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmOb Nixilis, the FallenJyoti, Moag Ancient
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$4.36 cheap tier
At $4.36, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen sits in the accessible rare tier — cheap enough to slot into a landfall build without budget concern, but not so ubiquitous that copies are easy to find in bulk. The price reflects solid but niche demand; he's not a staple across archetypes, so this is likely close to his floor in dedicated landfall shells where he consistently overperforms.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.