
Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
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.
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Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 6
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Field of Ruin
- Scheming Symmetry
- Maralen of the Mornsong
- Mornsong Aria
- Ghost Quarter
- Demolition Field
- Volatile Fault
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Indulgent Tormentor
- Wishclaw Talisman
- Harvester of Souls
- Opposition Agent
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz
- Reaper from the Abyss
- Liliana's Contract
- Sower of Discord
- Archfiend of Despair
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Desecration Demon
- Reiver Demon
- Doom Blade
- Overseer of the Damned
- Bloodgift Demon
- Blood Speaker
- Black Market
- Wound Reflection
- Magus of the Coffers
- Demonic Counsel
- Exquisite Blood
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Burnished Hart
- Nyx Lotus
- Soul Shatter
- Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
- Nirkana Revenant
- Sheoldred, Whispering One
- Crypt Ghast
- Lightning Greaves
- Bontu's Monument
- Diabolic Tutor
- Crucible of Worlds
- Liliana of the Dark Realms
- Séance Board
- Consuming Corruption
- Ancient Cellarspawn
- Painful Quandary
- Thespian's Stage
- Bubbling Muck
- Abyssal Harvester
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Swamp
- Sol Ring
- Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire
- Scheming Symmetry
- Dark Ritual
- Field of Ruin
- Jet Medallion
- Maralen of the Mornsong
- Mornsong Aria
- Crypt Ghast
- Cabal Coffers
- Arcane Signet
- Ghost Quarter
- Archfiend of Depravity
- Demolition Field
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Opposition Agent
- Wishclaw Talisman
- Bloodletter of Aclazotz
- Lightning Greaves
- Harvester of Souls
- Volatile Fault
- Indulgent Tormentor
- Bojuka Bog
- Sign in Blood
- Defile
- Bontu's Monument
- Black Market
- Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
- Reaper from the Abyss
- Cabal Stronghold
- Reanimate
- Phyrexian Arena
- Feed the Swarm
- Liliana's Contract
- Demonic Tutor
- Archfiend of Despair
- Rune-Scarred Demon
- Sower of Discord
- Exsanguinate
- Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
- Exquisite Blood
- Go for the Throat
- Damnation
- Doom Blade
- Toxic Deluge
- Soul Shatter
- Consuming Corruption
- Desecration Demon
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.