Card

Nethroi, Apex of Death

Mana cost {2}{W}{B}{G}

Legendary Creature — Cat Nightmare Beast 5/5

Mutate {4}{G/W}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.) Deathtouch, lifelink Whenever this creature mutates, return any number of target creature cards with total power 10 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 32 known combos. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Mythic · IKO · #197
Cheapest printing
€1.72
EDHREC salt
0.50
Color identity
Black, Green, White
Keywords
Lifelink, Mutate, Deathtouch

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

32 known combos.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast
    Nethroi's triggered ability can return any combination of creatures whose powers total 10 or less. For example, it could target ten 1/1 creature cards, two 5/5 creature cards, and so on. Regardless of what other creature cards you choose as targets, you can also choose any number of creature cards with power 0 as targets.
  • 2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast
    If the power of the target creature cards change while in your graveyard, most likely because one has a characteristic-defining ability that defines a * in its power, the total power of the creatures may become greater than 10. If this happens, the entire selection of targets is illegal and nothing is returned to the battlefield.
  • 2020-04-17 · Wizards of the Coast
    Use the power of the creature cards as they exist in your graveyard to determine whether they can be the targets of Nethroi's triggered ability. For example, a 0/0 creature card that will enter the battlefield as a copy of a 15/15 creature can be returned, as can five 0/0 creature cards that will each enter the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on them.

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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