Nested Shambler

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Nested Shambler: Creature - Zombie, Bloomburrow Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{B}
Mana value
1
Type
Creature - Zombie
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Common
Set
Bloomburrow Commander (BLC)
Released
2024-08-02
Collector number
185
Artist
Nicholas Gregory
Commander rank
4,119 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Nested Shambler

Nested Shambler is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Bloomburrow Commander (BLC), a Commander product released in August 2024. It is collector number 185 in that set, with art by Nicholas Gregory. It costs {B} (one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 1. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Bloomburrow Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

When this creature dies, create X tapped 1/1 green Squirrel creature tokens, where X is this creature's power.

Home is where the heart was.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Nested Shambler by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Nested Shambler

Nested Shambler has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #365Common2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #399Common2021
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #95Common2021

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Nested Shambler.

  • X is Nested Shambler's power the last time it was on the battlefield, not its power in the graveyard. If its power was 0 or less when it died, you won't create any tokens.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Nested Shambler is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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