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◇ Catalog #2236

Nezahal, Primal Tide

sld·#2236·rare·borderless

Illus. Wayne Wu

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #1,060 · Common include

Variants

Borderless

Gameplay

Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur

This spell can't be countered. You have no maximum hand size. Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card. Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

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Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 4

2018-01-19wotc

Nezahal's triggered ability resolves before the noncreature spell that caused it to trigger.

2018-01-19wotc

Players can cast spells and activate abilities after Nezahal's triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does. Notably, the card you draw may be able to counter that spell or may be discarded to activate Nezahal's last ability.

2018-01-19wotc

Your maximum hand size is checked only during the cleanup step on your turn. If Nezahal's last ability is activated before your turn's end step, it will return before your next cleanup step and you'll have no maximum hand size.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SLD — the lineup includes Borderless 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 #2236 of *Secret Lair Drop*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2025 Secret Lair Drop release.

Card type: Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur, color identity blue, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {5}{U}{U} (7 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #1,060 in Commander, putting it in the common-include tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Wayne Wu. Rarix catalogs 48 other cards credited to this artist.