Ob Nixilis's last ability looks at all combat damage dealt to an opponent in total to determine whether it triggers. For example, if three 1/1 creatures deal combat damage to an opponent, that player loses 3 life. Ob Nixilis's ability won't trigger.
Playing the card exiled with Ob Nixilis follows the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card by paying its mana cost only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
If you don't play the card, it will remain exiled.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from MAT — the lineup includes Extended Art 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 #176 of *March of the Machine: The Aftermath*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2023 March of the Machine: The Aftermath release.
Card type: Legendary Creature — Demon, color identity black/red, printed at mythic. Mythic rares historically land in roughly one out of every eight boosters at standard print densities. Mana cost: {2}{B}{R} (4 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying and Trample.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #4,352 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Zezhou Chen. Rarix catalogs 360 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Zezhou Chen
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Unless an effect allows you to play additional lands that turn, you can play a land card exiled with Ob Nixilis only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.
You may play the card exiled with Ob Nixilis even if Ob Nixilis leaves the battlefield or you lose control of it.
Ob Nixilis's last ability will trigger if an opponent is dealt exactly 1 damage, pays exactly 1 life, or loses exactly 1 life some other way.
