Nykthos Paragon
Nykthos Paragon: Enchantment Creature - Human Soldier, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}{W}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Enchantment Creature - Human Soldier
- Colour identity
- White (W)
- Power / toughness
- 4/6
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 230
- Artist
- Martina Pilcerova
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About Nykthos Paragon
Nykthos Paragon is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white enchantment creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 230 in that set, with art by Martina Pilcerova. It costs {4}{W}{W} (four generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/6 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from The List (2020) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.87 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever you gain life, you may put that many +1/+1 counters on each creature you control. Do this only once each turn.
Though Heliod turned against humanity in his hunger for power, the ideals he once championed still stand strong.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.87 (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 Nykthos Paragon by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| 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 Nykthos Paragon
Nykthos Paragon has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MH2-22 | Rare | 2023 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #22 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #331 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons 2 Promos (PMH2) #22s | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Nykthos Paragon, newest first.
- Once you have chosen to put +1/+1 counters on your creatures, further instances of gaining life will not cause the ability to trigger.
- If multiple instances of the ability are on the stack, you will be able to put +1/+1 counters for only one of those instances. Once you do that, other instances will do nothing as they resolve.
- If a creature you control is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive +1/+1 counters from Nykthos Paragon's ability in time to save it.
- Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time and you haven't used it yet, Nykthos Paragon's ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
- "Do this only once each turn" refers to putting +1/+1 counters on your creatures using the triggered ability. As long as you haven't yet chosen to put +1/+1 counters on your creatures with it, all instances of gaining life will cause Nykthos Paragon's ability to trigger.
- "Do this only once each turn" refers only to the ability it is attached to, not other instances of the same ability. In other words, if you control multiple Nykthos Paragons, you will be able to do this once for each of them.
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