Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen: Legendary Creature - Demon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 5
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Demon
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 192
- Artist
- Jason Felix
- Commander rank
- 1,956 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Landfall
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare black legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 192 in that set, with art by Jason Felix. It costs {3}{B}{B} (three generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Zendikar (2009) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.90 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Landfall - Whenever a land you control enters, you may have target player lose 3 life. If you do, put three +1/+1 counters on Ob Nixilis.
His spark lost, he plots revenge upon the plane whose corrupting mana fractured his soul.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.90 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Ob Nixilis, the Fallen 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 |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #15 | Mythic | 2025 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #42 | Mythic | 2025 |
| The List (PLST) #IMA-101 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) #101 | Mythic | 2017 |
| Zendikar (ZEN) #107 | Mythic | 2009 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, newest first.
- A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
- Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
- A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.