Vashta Nerada

Vashta Nerada card image

Vashta Nerada: Creature - Alien Horror, Doctor Who. Indestructible. Shadow. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Alien Horror
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Rare
Set
Doctor Who (WHO)
Released
2023-10-13
Collector number
73
Artist
Fang Xinyu
Commander rank
5,382 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Indestructible, Morbid, Shadow

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About Vashta Nerada

Vashta Nerada is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Doctor Who (WHO), a Commander product released in October 2023. It is collector number 73 in that set, with art by Fang Xinyu. It costs {2}{B} (two generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Doctor Who is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Indestructible

Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)

Morbid - At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Hey, who turned out the lights?"

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.97 (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 Vashta Nerada by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Vashta Nerada

The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Doctor Who (WHO) #376Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #678Rare2023
Doctor Who (WHO) #967Rare2023

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