Ob Nixilis's Cruelty
Instant
WARWar of the Spark#101common
Foil
Trapped on Ravnica with no affection for either side, Ob Nixilis sought gratification in random acts of torment.
- Border
- black
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 3 per booster–1 in 859
- Illustrator
- Igor Kieryluk
- Found in
- War of the Spark Planeswalker Deck Gideon · War of the Spark Theme Booster Pack Black · 6 more
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyNot legal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
Market · per finishspark updated 17m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$0.08
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+5.1%
$0.41
$0.15 low$0.05 gap
Finish
Market
Δ 7D · Trend
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Buy / Sell Gap
Nonfoil
$0.08as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.13L $0.02since Feb 2024$0.01
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Foil
$0.41as of 2026-07-12
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H $0.69L $0.22since Feb 2024$0.15
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$0.05+33% · normal spread
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Cheapest playable copy$0.08· across 3 printings
Rulings
1 · latest May 3, 2019 · one tap opens all
- WotCMay 3, 2019
The replacement effect from Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Ob Nixilis’s Cruelty resolves.