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◇ Catalog #100

Ob Nixilis's Cruelty

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#100·common·nonfoil

Illus. Igor Kieryluk

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Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,241 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2019-05-03wotc

The replacement effect from Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty resolves.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil 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 #100 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {2}{B} (3 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #17,241 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Igor Kieryluk. Rarix catalogs 913 other cards credited to this artist.