Card
Ovika, Enigma Goliath
Mana cost {5}{U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Nightmare 6/6
Flying Ward—{3}, Pay 3 life. Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, create X 1/1 red Phyrexian Goblin creature tokens, where X is the mana value of that spell. They gain haste until end of turn.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 23 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · ONE · #213
- Cheapest printing
- €0.20
- EDHREC salt
- 0.47
- Color identity
- Red, Blue
- Keywords
- Flying, Ward
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
23 known combos.
- Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Veyran, Voice of Duality + Skirk Prospector + Reiterate
Produces: Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Petals of Insight + Sorcerer Class
Produces: Infinite damage, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook - Ovika, Enigma Goliath + Veyran, Voice of Duality + Phyrexian Altar + Reiterate
Produces: Infinite copies of instant and sorcery spells on the stack, Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-11-08 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell on the stack has {X} in its cost, use the value chosen for X to determine its mana value.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast