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◇ Catalog #289

Niko Aris

khm·#289·mythic·borderless

Illus. Sara Winters

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Feb '21

5 yr ago

Value

$1.63+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.65 · low $0.59

NM$0.63

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.58–$0.67modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.13low $0.62range 243.5%n 88

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,872 · Fringe play

Variants

Borderless$0.63

Gameplay

Legendary Planeswalker — Niko

When Niko Aris enters, create X Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.") +1: Up to one target creature you control can't be blocked this turn. Whenever that creature deals damage this turn, return it to its owner's hand. −1: Niko Aris deals 2 damage to target tapped creature for each card you've drawn this turn. −1: Create a Shard token.

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Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2021-02-05wotc

Niko deals all the damage for their second ability at the same time. For example, if you've drawn two cards this turn, Niko will deal 4 damage to the target tapped creature; they won't deal 2 damage, then deal 2 more damage.

2021-02-05wotc

Shard is a new predefined token, similar to Food and Treasure. A Shard token is a colorless enchantment with "{2}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Scry 1, then draw a card." Shard is a new enchantment subtype.

2021-02-05wotc

If Niko Aris enters the battlefield without being cast, they were cast for a cost other than their mana cost, or if X was chosen to be 0, the enters-the-battlefield ability won't create any Shard tokens.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.63. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.62 and $2.13 across 88 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from KHM — the lineup includes Borderless alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #289 of *Kaldheim*, the set that shipped alongside the February 2021 Kaldheim release.

Card type: Legendary Planeswalker — Niko, color identity blue/white, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {X}{W}{U}{U} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Scry.

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,872 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Sara Winters. Rarix catalogs 179 other cards credited to this artist.