Card
Shard of the Nightbringer
Mana cost {5}{B}{B}{B}
Creature — C'tan 8/8
Flying Drain Life — When this creature enters, if you cast it, target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Part of 7 known combos, 7 of them two-card.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · 40K · #55
- Cheapest printing
- €5.43
- EDHREC salt
- 0.75
- Color identity
- Black
- Keywords
- Flying, Drain Life
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Enduring Tenacity, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Enduring Tenacity, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: Its two-card combos are not early, which Bracket 3 allows
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, Sanguine Bond, Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Enduring Tenacity, Wound Reflection, Archfiend of Despair, Warlock Class (none of them early)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
7 known combos, 7 of them two-card.
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose + Shard of the Nightbringer
Produces: Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Shard of the Nightbringer + Sanguine Bond
Produces: Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook - Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Shard of the Nightbringer
Produces: Infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Near-infinite lifegain, Target opponent loses the game
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
No official rulings for this card.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast