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Nikara, Lair Scavenger

Nikara, Lair Scavenger

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Commander 2020

#3 · EN · Mythic · 2020-04-17

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Nikara, Lair Scavenger

{2}{B}

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Partner with Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel (When this creature enters, target player may put Yannik into their hand from their library, then shuffle.) Menace Whenever another creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had one or more counters on it, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

Power: 2

Toughness: 2

Artist: Grzegorz Rutkowski

Color identity: B

Related cards: Nikara, Lair Scavenger Yannik, Scavenging Sentinel

Reference prices

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FinishUSDEUR
Nonfoil$0.94€0.85
Foil$0.46€0.53

MTGO: 2.16 tix

Data snapshot 2026-10-22. Not live offers.

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Editions & versions

1 printings across 1 edition. Choose a printing to view its artwork and details.

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Format legality
Standardnot legal
Futurenot legal
Historicnot legal
Timelessnot legal
Gladiatornot legal
Pioneernot legal
Modernnot legal
Legacylegal
Paupernot legal
Vintagelegal
Pennynot legal
Commanderlegal
Oathbreakerlegal
Standardbrawlnot legal
Brawlnot legal
Competitivebrawlnot legal
Alchemynot legal
Paupercommandernot legal
Duellegal
Oldschoolnot legal
Premodernnot legal
Predhnot legal
Tlrlegal
Rulings

2020-04-17 "Partner with [name]" represents two abilities. The first is a triggered ability: "When this permanent enters the battlefield, target player may search their library for a card named [name], reveal it, put it into their hand, then shuffle their library."

2020-04-17 A creature with a "partner with" ability can't partner with any creature other than its designated partner. Losing a partner ability during the game doesn't cause either to cease to be your commander.

2020-04-17 Both commanders start in the command zone, and the remaining 98 cards of your deck are shuffled to become your library.

2020-04-17 If a creature with +1/+1 counters on it receives an equal number of -1/-1 counters and this causes it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, Nikara's last ability triggers. That's because the ability checks the creature as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had those counters on it at that point.

2020-04-17 If a creature with counters on it leaves the battlefield at the same time as Nikara, Nikara's ability triggers for that creature.

2020-04-17 If your Commander deck has two commanders, you can only include cards whose own color identities are also found in your commanders' combined color identities. If Haldan and Pako are your commanders, your deck may contain cards with blue, red, and/or green in their color identity, but not cards with white or black.

2020-04-17 Nikara's last ability causes you to draw only one card and lose only 1 life, no matter how many counters or kinds of counters that creature had on it.

2020-04-17 Note that the target player searches their library (which may be affected by effects such as that of Stranglehold) and that the card they find is revealed, even though these words aren't included in the ability's reminder text.

2020-04-17 Once the game begins, your two commanders are tracked separately. If you cast one, you won't have to pay an additional {2} the first time you cast the other. A player loses the game after having been dealt 21 damage from one of them, not from both of them combined. Command Beacon's effect puts one into your hand from the command zone, not both.

2020-04-17 The second ability represented by the "partner with [name]" keyword modifies the rules for deck construction in the Commander variant and has no function outside of that variant. If a legendary creature card with "partner with [name]" is designated as your commander, the named legendary creature card can also be designated as your commander.

2020-04-17 The triggered ability of the "partner with" keyword still triggers in a Commander game. If your other commander has somehow ended up in your library, you can find it. You can also target another player who might have that card in their library.

Current Oracle text is shown for every printing.