Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare: Legendary Creature - Nightmare, Edge of Eternities Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Nightmare
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC)
- Released
- 2025-08-01
- Collector number
- 82
- Artist
- Heonhwa
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black legendary creature from Edge of Eternities Commander (EOC), a Commander product released in August 2025. It is collector number 82 in that set, with art by Heonhwa. It costs {1}{B}{B} (one generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 8 sets, from The List (2020) to Edge of Eternities Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $5.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
At the beginning of your end step, you may sacrifice an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker. If you do, each opponent may sacrifice a permanent of their choice that shares a card type with it. For each opponent who doesn't, that player loses 2 life and you draw a card.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.25 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Braids, Arisen Nightmare by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare has been printed in 8 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #DMU-84 | Rare | 2026 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #133 | Rare | 2024 |
| Planeswalker Championship Promos (PWCS) #2023-4 | Rare | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #105692 | Rare | 2023 |
| Game Day Promos (GDY) #8 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #288 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #329 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United (DMU) #84 | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #84p | Rare | 2022 |
| Dominaria United Promos (PDMU) #84s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Braids, Arisen Nightmare.
- If the permanent that you sacrifice as you resolve Braids's triggered ability has more than one card type, each opponent may choose to sacrifice any permanent they control that shares any card type with it. For example, if the permanent you sacrifice is an artifact creature, one opponent might choose to sacrifice an artifact and another opponent might choose to sacrifice a creature.
Similar cards
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