Card
Nin, the Pain Artist
Mana cost {U}{R}
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Wizard 1/1
{X}{U}{R}, {T}: Nin deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 2 known combos. 5 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · C17 · #183
- Cheapest printing
- €0.35
- EDHREC salt
- —
- Color identity
- Red, Blue
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.
- Nin, the Pain Artist + Brash Taunter + Mind Over Matter + Nyx Lotus
Produces: Infinite mana among colors with which you have devotion, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite looting
View on Commander Spellbook - Nin, the Pain Artist + Chasm Skulker + Mind Over Matter + Khalni Gem + Gilded Lotus
Produces: Infinite card draw, Near-infinitely large creature
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If the ability resolves, but the damage is prevented or redirected, the controller of the targeted creature will draw X cards, regardless of how much damage was dealt or what the damage was ultimately dealt to. - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If the damage is lethal, the cards are drawn before the creature is destroyed (the next time state-based actions are checked). - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
If the creature is an illegal target when Nin's ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will draw cards. - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
The effect is not optional. The creature's controller can't choose to draw fewer than X cards. - 2011-09-22 · Wizards of the Coast
You may choose a value for X that's greater than the creature's toughness. Its controller will draw that many cards.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast