Nettlecyst

{3}

Artifact — Equipment

MOCMarch of the Machine Commander#367rare
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Vincent Proce
Found in
March of the Machine Commander Deck Growing Threat
Printings7
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.) Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control. Equip {2}
Living weaponEquip

Plays as: Artifact Payoff · Enchantment Payoff · Is Equipment · Creature Token Maker · Power Booster

Market · per finishspark updated 9h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-3.2%
$3.64
$1.79 low-$0.46 gap
Cheapest playable copy$3.07· across 7 printings

Rulings

6 · latest Jun 18, 2021 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If a permanent you control is both an artifact and an enchantment, count it only once when determining the bonus from an equipped Nettlecyst.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If the Phyrexian Germ token is destroyed, the Equipment remains on the battlefield as with any other Equipment.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    If the living weapon trigger causes two Phyrexian Germs to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to one of them. The other will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    Like other Equipment, each Equipment with living weapon has an equip cost. You can pay this cost to attach an Equipment to another creature you control. Once the Phyrexian Germ token is no longer equipped, it will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    The Phyrexian Germ token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and the Equipment becomes attached to it before state-based actions would cause the token to die. Abilities that trigger as the token enters the battlefield see that a 0/0 creature entered the battlefield.

  • WotCJun 18, 2021

    The living weapon ability has been updated so that the triggered ability creates Phyrexian Germ tokens rather than Germ tokens. This update applies to all cards with living weapon.