Nissa, Steward of Elements
Nissa, Steward of Elements: Legendary Planeswalker - Nissa, Commander 2020. [+2]: Scry 2. [0]: Look at the top card of your library. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{G}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Nissa
- Colour identity
- Blue and green (UG)
- Loyalty
- X
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Commander 2020 (C20)
- Released
- 2020-04-17
- Collector number
- 224
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Keywords
- Scry
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About Nissa, Steward of Elements
Nissa, Steward of Elements is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare blue and green legendary planeswalker from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 224 in that set, with art by Howard Lyon. It costs {X}{G}{U} (X, one blue and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It enters with X loyalty. Its colour identity is blue 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 6 sets, from Amonkhet (2017) to Modern Horizons 3 Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
[+2]: Scry 2.
[0]: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card or a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of loyalty counters on Nissa, you may put that card onto the battlefield.
[−6]: Untap up to two target lands you control. They become 5/5 Elemental creatures with flying and haste until end of turn. They're still lands.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (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 Nissa, Steward of Elements 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 Nissa, Steward of Elements
Nissa, Steward of Elements has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #270 | Mythic | 2024 |
| Amonkhet Remastered (AKR) #248 | Mythic | 2020 |
| San Diego Comic-Con 2017 (PS17) #204 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Amonkhet (AKH) #204 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Amonkhet Promos (PAKH) #204s | Mythic | 2017 |
Official rulings
Five official rulings apply to Nissa, Steward of Elements, newest first.
- Once Nissa's second ability begins to resolve, no player may take actions until it's done. Notably, players can't try to change Nissa's loyalty once you look at the card or choose to put it onto the battlefield.
- If X is 0, Nissa enters the battlefield with no loyalty and is put into her owner's graveyard before you can activate her abilities.
- Nissa's last ability sets the base power and toughness of the lands to 5/5. Any +1/+1 or -1/-1 counters that were on those lands will apply to those values.
- While resolving Nissa's second ability, if you can't or don't put the card onto the battlefield, it remains on top of your library.
- If Nissa leaves the battlefield while her second ability is on the stack, use her last known loyalty to determine whether you may put the top card of your library onto the battlefield. If Nissa left the battlefield because she took enough damage to reduce her loyalty to 0, then her last known loyalty is 0.
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