Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

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Neriv, Crackling Vanguard: Legendary Creature - Spirit Dragon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}{W}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Legendary Creature - Spirit Dragon
Colour identity
White, black and red (WBR)
Power / toughness
4/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
6
Artist
Lucas Graciano
Commander rank
9,564 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Deathtouch, Flying
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Neriv, Crackling Vanguard

Neriv, Crackling Vanguard is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, black and red legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 6 in that set, with art by Lucas Graciano. It costs {2}{R}{W}{B} (two generic, one white, one black and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.75 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Flying, deathtouch

When Neriv enters, create two 1/1 red Goblin creature tokens.

Whenever Neriv attacks, exile a number of cards from the top of your library equal to the number of differently named tokens you control. During any turn you attacked with a commander, you may play those cards.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.75 (as of 2026-11-03).

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

Format legality

Legality of Neriv, Crackling Vanguard by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Neriv, Crackling Vanguard, newest first.

  • The effect that creates a token may set the name of that token. A token that’s a copy of something else has the name of the object it’s a copy of, unless otherwise specified. All other tokens have a name that matches the subtypes of the token that was created plus the word “Token.” For example, an effect that says “Create a 1/1 green Elf creature token” creates a token that’s name is “Elf Token.”
  • To determine the number of differently named tokens you control, count each token you control once, but only if its English name isn’t the same as another token you’ve already counted this way. For example, if you control two tokens named “Elf Token” and one token named “Goblin Token,” you exile two cards from the top of your library.

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