Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist

Card text

When Nissa enters, you may search your library for a basic Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.

Whenever a land you control enters, if you control seven or more lands, exile Nissa, then return her to the battlefield transformed under her owner's control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.35 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist

Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Nissa, Vastwood Seer // Nissa, Sage Animist, newest first.

• 2017-09-29 You can control two of this permanent, one front-face up and the other back-face up, at the same time.
• 2016-04-08 The back face of a double-faced card doesn't have a mana cost. A double-faced permanent with its back face up has a mana value equal to the mana value of its front face. Each back face has a color indicator that defines its color.
• 2015-06-22 If a land becomes a creature but hasn't continuously been under its controller's control since that player's most recent turn began, it won't be able to attack and its abilities with {T} in the cost (including mana abilities) won't be able to be activated. In other words, look at how long the permanent itself has been under your control, not how long it's been a creature.
• 2015-06-22 In some rare cases, a spell or ability may cause one of these five cards to transform while it's a creature (front face up) on the battlefield. If this happens, the resulting planeswalker won't have any loyalty counters on it and will subsequently be put into its owner's graveyard.
• 2015-06-22 A Magic Origins planeswalker that enters the battlefield because of the ability of its front face will enter with loyalty counters as normal.
• 2015-06-22 If a double-faced card is manifested, it will be put onto the battlefield face down (this is also true if it's put onto the battlefield face down some other way). Note that "face down" is not synonymous with "with its back face up." A manifested double-faced card is a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. While face down, it can't transform. If the front face of a manifested double-faced card is a creature card, you can turn it face up by paying its mana cost. If you do, its front face will be up. A double-faced card on the battlefield can't be turned face down.
• 2015-06-22 The back face of a double-faced card (in the case of Magic Origins, the planeswalker face) can't be cast.
• 2015-06-22 You can activate one of the planeswalker's loyalty abilities the turn it enters the battlefield. However, you may do so only during one of your main phases when the stack is empty. For example, if the planeswalker enters the battlefield during combat, there will be an opportunity for your opponent to remove it before you can activate one of its abilities.

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