Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer: Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard, Commander Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}{B}{R}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Zombie Wizard
- Colour identity
- Blue, black and red (UBR)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Commander Masters (CMM)
- Released
- 2023-08-04
- Collector number
- 349
- Artist
- Mark Winters
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue, black and red legendary creature from Commander Masters (CMM), a Masters set released in August 2023. It is collector number 349 in that set, with art by Mark Winters. It costs {2}{U}{B}{R} (two generic, one blue, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Commander 2013 (2013) to Commander Masters (2023). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.
His enemies wondered if the lich king's brutal death and unnatural rebirth had been his plan all along.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.75 (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 Nekusar, the Mindrazer by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Nekusar, the Mindrazer
Nekusar, the Mindrazer has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2184 | Rare | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #860 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1301 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #587 | Rare | 2023 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #86192 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Commander Legends (CMR) #529 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #52314 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Judge Gift Cards 2014 (J14) #7 | Rare | 2014 |
| Commander 2013 (C13) #201 | Mythic | 2013 |
| Commander 2013 Oversized (OC13) #201 | Mythic | 2013 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Nekusar, the Mindrazer.
- If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," it doesn't count as drawing cards and it doesn't cause Nekusar's second ability to trigger.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue, black and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.