If your commander isn’t in the command zone (or if you’re not playing the Commander variant), Netherborn Altar only makes you lose life.
Netherborn Altar
Putting a soul counter onto Netherborn Altar is part of the cost to activate its ability, and counting the number of soul counters is done as the ability resolves. Players may take actions between those times to change the number of soul counters, perhaps by removing them all so that you lose no life.
If you have two commanders in the command zone, Netherborn Altar’s ability puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PLST — 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 #C20-45 of *The List*, the set that shipped alongside the August 2023 The List release.
Card type: Artifact, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1}{B} (2 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #9,336 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Titus Lunter. Rarix catalogs 626 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Titus Lunter
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