Niko, Light of Hope

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Niko, Light of Hope: Legendary Creature - Human Wizard, Duskmourn: House of Horror. When Niko enters, create two Shard tokens. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{W}{U}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Wizard
Colour identity
White and blue (WU)
Power / toughness
3/4
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK)
Released
2024-09-27
Collector number
224
Artist
Aurore Folny
Commander rank
9,059 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Scry
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Niko, Light of Hope

Niko, Light of Hope is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and blue legendary creature from Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), an expansion set released in September 2024. It is collector number 224 in that set, with art by Aurore Folny. It costs {2}{W}{U} (two generic, one white and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/4 creature. Its colour identity is white and blue. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.51 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When Niko enters, create two Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.")

{2}, {T}: Exile target nonlegendary creature you control. Shards you control become copies of it until the next end step. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.51 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Niko, Light of Hope by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Niko, Light of Hope

Niko, Light of Hope has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #355Mythic2024
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK) #410Mythic2024
Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #224pMythic2024
Duskmourn: House of Horror Promos (PDSK) #224sMythic2024

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Niko, Light of Hope, newest first.

  • If Shards you control do become copies of the creature, they'll use the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield. They don't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it, whether it had any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • If the creature that was exiled was copying something else, the Shards that become copies of that creature will use the copiable values of that creature. In most cases, they will be copies of whatever that creature was copying. If it was copying a permanent or card with {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target as Niko's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Shards you control won't become copies of the creature.

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