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Netherborn Altar

Netherborn Altar

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Commander 2020

#45 · EN · Rare · 2020-04-17

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Netherborn Altar

{1}{B}

Artifact

{T}, Put a soul counter on this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soul counter on this artifact.

Artist: Titus Lunter

Color identity: B

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Nonfoil$0.41€0.46

MTGO: 1.70 tix

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

Use in a combo · Use in a deck

Editions & versions

2 printings across 2 editions. 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 If Netherborn Altar leaves the battlefield while its ability is on the stack, the amount of life you lose is determined by the number of soul counters it had on it immediately before it left the battlefield.

2020-04-17 If you have two commanders in the command zone, Netherborn Altar’s ability puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.

2020-04-17 If your commander isn’t in the command zone (or if you’re not playing the Commander variant), Netherborn Altar only makes you lose life.

2020-04-17 Putting a soul counter onto Netherborn Altar is part of the cost to activate its ability, and counting the number of soul counters is done as the ability resolves. Players may take actions between those times to change the number of soul counters, perhaps by removing them all so that you lose no life.

2020-04-17 The “commander tax” increases based on how many times a commander was cast from the command zone. Casting a commander from your hand doesn’t require that additional cost, and it doesn’t increase what the cost will be the next time you cast that commander from the command zone.

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