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Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
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Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

{4}{B}{B}

Legendary Creature — Demon

Flying, trample

Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life.

Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis.

Designed by Brad Muir

4 / 4

FlyingTrample
Set
Magic 2015 (M15 #110)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2014-07-18
Artist
Karl Kopinski
EDHREC rank
#3,942
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.66
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Can be your commander

Combos 6

Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Animation Module+Ashnod's Altar
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Animation Module+Phyrexian Altar
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Field of Ruin+Rings of Brighthearth+Crucible of Worlds
{B}
Near-infinite lifeloss
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Radiant Performer+Field of Ruin
{B}{R}
Near-infinite lifeloss
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Storm King's Thunder+Scheming Symmetry
{B}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifeloss
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled+Animation Module+Krark-Clan Ironworks
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

  1. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire 82 %+77.4 %
  2. Field of Ruin 78 %+75.3 %
  3. Scheming Symmetry 79 %+74.8 %
  4. Maralen of the Mornsong 73 %+71.7 %
  5. Mornsong Aria 71 %+69.6 %
  6. Ghost Quarter 62 %+59.2 %
  7. Demolition Field 56 %+50.4 %
  8. Volatile Fault 51 %+49.8 %
  9. Archfiend of Depravity 57 %+49.4 %
  10. Indulgent Tormentor 50 %+47.9 %
  11. Wishclaw Talisman 54 %+46.4 %
  12. Harvester of Souls 52 %+45.3 %
  13. Opposition Agent 54 %+44.5 %
  14. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 53 %+43.0 %
  15. Reaper from the Abyss 45 %+42.5 %
  16. Liliana's Contract 42 %+39.6 %
  17. Sower of Discord 40 %+38.5 %
  18. Archfiend of Despair 41 %+38.0 %
  19. Rune-Scarred Demon 40 %+35.7 %
  20. Desecration Demon 32 %+30.5 %
  21. Reiver Demon 30 %+27.6 %
  22. Doom Blade 34 %+27.0 %
  23. Overseer of the Damned 29 %+26.9 %
  24. Bloodgift Demon 29 %+26.5 %
  25. Blood Speaker 26 %+25.8 %
  26. Black Market 45 %+25.2 %
  27. Wound Reflection 28 %+24.9 %
  28. Magus of the Coffers 30 %+23.8 %
  29. Demonic Counsel 27 %+23.8 %
  30. Exquisite Blood 37 %+23.5 %
  31. Swiftfoot Boots 54 %+23.0 %
  32. Burnished Hart 29 %+22.3 %
  33. Nyx Lotus 28 %+22.0 %
  34. Soul Shatter 33 %+21.2 %
  35. Ob Nixilis, the Fallen 22 %+21.1 %
  36. Nirkana Revenant 31 %+20.4 %
  37. Sheoldred, Whispering One 32 %+20.3 %
  38. Crypt Ghast 66 %+18.9 %
  39. Lightning Greaves 52 %+17.8 %
  40. Bontu's Monument 46 %+17.7 %
  41. Diabolic Tutor 31 %+17.5 %
  42. Crucible of Worlds 19 %+17.4 %
  43. Liliana of the Dark Realms 31 %+17.2 %
  44. Séance Board 19 %+17.0 %
  45. Consuming Corruption 32 %+16.6 %
  46. Ancient Cellarspawn 18 %+16.2 %
  47. Painful Quandary 26 %+16.1 %
  48. Thespian's Stage 20 %+15.7 %
  49. Bubbling Muck 31 %+15.5 %
  50. Abyssal Harvester 19 %+15.3 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

  1. Swamp 95 %0.0 %
  2. Sol Ring 86 %+1.0 %
  3. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire 82 %+77.4 %
  4. Scheming Symmetry 79 %+74.8 %
  5. Dark Ritual 79 %+11.6 %
  6. Field of Ruin 78 %+75.3 %
  7. Jet Medallion 74 %+12.0 %
  8. Maralen of the Mornsong 73 %+71.7 %
  9. Mornsong Aria 71 %+69.6 %
  10. Crypt Ghast 66 %+18.9 %
  11. Cabal Coffers 66 %+10.8 %
  12. Arcane Signet 62 %+0.9 %
  13. Ghost Quarter 62 %+59.2 %
  14. Archfiend of Depravity 57 %+49.4 %
  15. Demolition Field 56 %+50.4 %
  16. Gray Merchant of Asphodel 55 %+5.3 %
  17. Swiftfoot Boots 54 %+23.0 %
  18. Opposition Agent 54 %+44.5 %
  19. Wishclaw Talisman 54 %+46.4 %
  20. Bloodletter of Aclazotz 53 %+43.0 %
  21. Lightning Greaves 52 %+17.8 %
  22. Harvester of Souls 52 %+45.3 %
  23. Volatile Fault 51 %+49.8 %
  24. Indulgent Tormentor 50 %+47.9 %
  25. Bojuka Bog 49 %+1.5 %
  26. Sign in Blood 48 %+13.4 %
  27. Defile 47 %+12.1 %
  28. Bontu's Monument 46 %+17.7 %
  29. Black Market 45 %+25.2 %
  30. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 45 %+7.0 %
  31. Reaper from the Abyss 45 %+42.5 %
  32. Cabal Stronghold 45 %+10.6 %
  33. Reanimate 44 %+3.3 %
  34. Phyrexian Arena 43 %+3.7 %
  35. Feed the Swarm 42 %-8.2 %
  36. Liliana's Contract 42 %+39.6 %
  37. Demonic Tutor 41 %+13.9 %
  38. Archfiend of Despair 41 %+38.0 %
  39. Rune-Scarred Demon 40 %+35.7 %
  40. Sower of Discord 40 %+38.5 %
  41. Exsanguinate 39 %+13.8 %
  42. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx 37 %+7.2 %
  43. Exquisite Blood 37 %+23.5 %
  44. Go for the Throat 36 %+13.5 %
  45. Damnation 35 %+14.9 %
  46. Doom Blade 34 %+27.0 %
  47. Toxic Deluge 34 %-3.3 %
  48. Soul Shatter 33 %+21.2 %
  49. Consuming Corruption 32 %+16.6 %
  50. Desecration Demon 32 %+30.5 %

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2014-07-18

    If the opponent controls no creatures when the first triggered ability resolves, that player still loses 10 life.

  • 2014-07-18

    Ob Nixilis's first triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library.

  • 2014-07-18

    The first triggered ability won't be put on the stack until after the spell or ability causing the opponent to search their library finishes resolving. Notably, if that spell or ability causes any other abilities to trigger (for example, if the opponent searched for a creature card and put it onto the battlefield), those abilities and Ob Nixilis's triggered ability will go on the stack together. The active player puts all of their abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve, and so on.

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