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◇ Catalog #101

Ob Nixilis's Cruelty

war·#101·common·foil

Illus. Igor Kieryluk

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May '19

7 yr ago

Value

$0.28+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.29 · low $0.26

NM$0.28

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$0.26–$0.30modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.36low $0.03range 1100.0%n 49

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #17,241 · Fringe play

Variants

Foil$0.28

Nonfoil$0.08

Gameplay

Instant

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

Trapped on Ravnica with no affection for either side, Ob Nixilis sought gratification in random acts of torment.

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

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.28. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.36 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from WAR — 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 #101 of *War of the Spark*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2019 War of the Spark 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.