Tayam, Luminous Enigma

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Tayam, Luminous Enigma: Legendary Creature - Nightmare Beast, Commander 2020. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{W}{B}{G}
Mana value
4
Type
Legendary Creature - Nightmare Beast
Colour identity
White, black and green (WBG)
Power / toughness
3/3
Rarity
Mythic
Set
Commander 2020 (C20)
Released
2020-04-17
Collector number
16
Artist
Sam Burley
Commander rank
9,995 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Mill
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, black and green legendary creature from Commander 2020 (C20), a Commander product released in April 2020. It is collector number 16 in that set, with art by Sam Burley. It costs {1}{W}{B}{G} (one generic, one white, one black and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is white, black and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Commander 2020 is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $4.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Each other creature you control enters with an additional vigilance counter on it.

{3}, Remove three counters from among creatures you control: Mill three cards, then return a permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $4.44 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Tayam, Luminous Enigma by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Tayam, Luminous Enigma, newest first.

  • Because the activated ability doesn’t target the permanent card in your graveyard, you may choose one of the three cards you put there from your library.
  • If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • You can remove any three counters to activate Tayam’s last ability, not just vigilance counters.

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