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◇ Catalog #88360

Niko Aris

DIGITAL ONLY

prm·#88360·mythic·foil

Illus. Sara Winters

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Feb '21

5 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,872 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.13

Nonfoil$0.13

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

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from PRM — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #88360 of *Magic Online Promos*, the promotional run that shipped alongside the February 2021 Magic Online 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.