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◇ Catalog #185

Nemesis of Mortals

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#185·common·nonfoil

Illus. Mathias Kollros

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #18,489 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Snake

This spell costs {1} less to cast for each creature card in your graveyard. {7}{G}{G}: Monstrosity 5. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each creature card in your graveyard. (If this creature isn't monstrous, put five +1/+1 counters on it and it becomes monstrous.)

5/5

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 5

2013-09-15wotc

An ability that triggers when a creature becomes monstrous won't trigger if that creature isn't on the battlefield when its monstrosity ability resolves.

2013-09-15wotc

Monstrous isn't an ability that a creature has. It's just something true about that creature. If the creature stops being a creature or loses its abilities, it will continue to be monstrous.

2013-09-15wotc

Once you declare you're casting Nemesis of Mortals or activating its ability, it's too late for players to try to change the number of creature cards in your graveyard to affect the cost of doing so.

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 #185 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Snake, color identity green, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {4}{G}{G} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Monstrosity.

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

EDHrec ranks this card #18,489 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mathias Kollros. Rarix catalogs 584 other cards credited to this artist.