Nethroi, Apex of Death
Nethroi, Apex of Death: Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare Beast, Dominaria United Commander. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}{B}{G}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Cat Nightmare Beast
- Colour identity
- White, black and green (WBG)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander (DMC)
- Released
- 2022-09-09
- Collector number
- 163
- Artist
- Slawomir Maniak
- Keywords
- Lifelink, Mutate, Deathtouch
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Nethroi, Apex of Death
Nethroi, Apex of Death is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, black and green legendary creature from Dominaria United Commander (DMC), a Commander product released in September 2022. It is collector number 163 in that set, with art by Slawomir Maniak. It costs {2}{W}{B}{G} (two generic, one white, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020) to Dominaria United Commander (2022). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.08 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Mutate {4}{G/W}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Deathtouch, lifelink
Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.08 (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 Nethroi, Apex of Death 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 Nethroi, Apex of Death
Nethroi, Apex of Death has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80905 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80983 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #197 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #303 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #380 | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #197p | Mythic | 2020 |
| Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #197s | Mythic | 2020 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Nethroi, Apex of Death, newest first.
- Nethroi's triggered ability can return any combination of creatures whose powers total 10 or less. For example, it could target ten 1/1 creature cards, two 5/5 creature cards, and so on. Regardless of what other creature cards you choose as targets, you can also choose any number of creature cards with power 0 as targets.
- If the power of the target creature cards change while in your graveyard, most likely because one has a characteristic-defining ability that defines a * in its power, the total power of the creatures may become greater than 10. If this happens, the entire selection of targets is illegal and nothing is returned to the battlefield.
- Use the power of the creature cards as they exist in your graveyard to determine whether they can be the targets of Nethroi's triggered ability. For example, a 0/0 creature card that will enter the battlefield as a copy of a 15/15 creature can be returned, as can five 0/0 creature cards that will each enter the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on them.
Similar cards
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