Nadir Kraken
Nadir Kraken: Creature - Kraken, Foundations Jumpstart. Whenever you draw a card, you may pay 1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Kraken
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 332
- Artist
- Dan Murayama Scott
- Commander rank
- 2,628 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Nadir Kraken
Nadir Kraken is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 332 in that set, with art by Dan Murayama Scott. It costs {1}{U}{U} (one generic and two blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/3 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 9 sets, from Theros Beyond Death (2020) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Whenever you draw a card, you may pay {1}. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Nadir Kraken 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 Nadir Kraken
Nadir Kraken has been printed in 9 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MKC-112 | Rare | 2026 |
| Murders at Karlov Manor Commander (MKC) #112 | Rare | 2024 |
| March of the Machine Commander (MOC) #228 | Rare | 2023 |
| Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate (HBG) #906 | Rare | 2022 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #228 | Rare | 2022 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #79913 | Rare | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #55p | Rare | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death Promos (PTHB) #55s | Rare | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) #305 | Rare | 2020 |
| Theros Beyond Death (THB) #55 | Rare | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Nadir Kraken, newest first.
- You choose whether to pay {1} after drawing the card and seeing what it is. If you draw multiple cards, you see them all before deciding how many of the resulting triggers you'll pay {1} for.
- If Nadir Kraken leaves the battlefield after its ability has triggered, you can still pay {1} and get a Tentacle, even though you won't put a +1/+1 counter on Nadir Kraken.
- While resolving Nadir Kraken's ability, you can't pay {1} multiple times to create multiple Tentacles or to give it multiple +1/+1 counters.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Nadir Kraken is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.