Card
Niambi, Esteemed Speaker
Mana cost {W}{U}
Legendary Creature — Human Cleric 2/1
Flash When Niambi enters, you may return another target creature you control to its owner's hand. If you do, you gain life equal to that creature's mana value. {1}{W}{U}, {T}, Discard a legendary card: Draw two cards.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 2 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · M21 · #222
- Cheapest printing
- €0.19
- EDHREC salt
- 0.29
- Color identity
- Blue, White
- Keywords
- Flash
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
2 known combos.
- Aluren + Niambi, Esteemed Speaker + Deputy of Acquittals
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Morophon, the Boundless + Niambi, Esteemed Speaker + Deputy of Acquittals
Produces: Infinite creature ETB, Infinite lifegain, Infinite lifegain triggers
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2020-06-23 · Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Niambi's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. You won't return the card from the zone it moved to or gain any life. - 2020-06-23 · Wizards of the Coast
If a creature on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast