Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Sorin, Grim Nemesis: Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin, Shadows over Innistrad. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{W}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Legendary Planeswalker - Sorin
- Colour identity
- White and black (WB)
- Loyalty
- 6
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad (SOI)
- Released
- 2016-04-08
- Collector number
- 251
- Artist
- Eric Deschamps
- Commander rank
- 9,586 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Sorin, Grim Nemesis is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white and black legendary planeswalker from Shadows over Innistrad (SOI), an expansion set released in April 2016. It is collector number 251 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {4}{W}{B} (four generic, one white and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It enters with 6 loyalty. Its colour identity is white and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Shadows over Innistrad (2016) to Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
[+1]: Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. Each opponent loses life equal to its mana value.
[−X]: Sorin deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life.
[−9]: Create a number of 1/1 black Vampire Knight creature tokens with lifelink equal to the highest life total among all players.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.19 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Sorin, Grim Nemesis 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 Sorin, Grim Nemesis
Sorin, Grim Nemesis has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR) #243 | Mythic | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #400 | Mythic | 2022 |
| Shadows over Innistrad Promos (PSOI) #251s | Mythic | 2016 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Sorin, Grim Nemesis, newest first.
- In a Two-Headed Giant game, the highest life total among all players is the highest life total among all teams.
- If a card in your library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Similar cards
Other planeswalker cards with a white and black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.