Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

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Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus: Legendary Artifact - Equipment, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Living weapon. Equipped creature gets +1/+1. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{3}
Mana value
3
Type
Legendary Artifact - Equipment
Colour identity
Colourless
Rarity
Rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
Released
2026-04-24
Collector number
343
Artist
Titus Lunter
Commander rank
2,022 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Equip, Living weapon

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About Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare colourless legendary artifact from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 343 in that set, with art by Titus Lunter. It costs {3} (three generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from March of the Machine Commander (2023) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.68 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature attacks, you may search your library for a basic land card, put it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.

Equip {3}

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.68 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus

Bitterthorn, Nissa's Animus has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #132Rare2023
March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #45Rare2023

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