Nettlecyst
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.
Equip 2
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2021-06-18
The Phyrexian Germ token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and the Equipment becomes attached to it before state-based actions would cause the token to die. Abilities that trigger as the token enters the battlefield see that a 0/0 creature entered the battlefield.
- 2021-06-18
If a permanent you control is both an artifact and an enchantment, count it only once when determining the bonus from an equipped Nettlecyst.
- 2021-06-18
If the living weapon trigger causes two Phyrexian Germs to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to one of them. The other will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.
- 2021-06-18
Like other Equipment, each Equipment with living weapon has an equip cost. You can pay this cost to attach an Equipment to another creature you control. Once the Phyrexian Germ token is no longer equipped, it will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.
- 2021-06-18
If the Phyrexian Germ token is destroyed, the Equipment remains on the battlefield as with any other Equipment.
- 2021-06-18
The living weapon ability has been updated so that the triggered ability creates Phyrexian Germ tokens rather than Germ tokens. This update applies to all cards with living weapon.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Nettlecyst, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sai, Master Thopterist | 3 | 0 | — |
| Tony Stark // The Invincible Iron Man | 2 | 0 | — |
| Godo, Bandit Warlord | 1 | 3 | — |
| Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer | 1 | 1 | — |
| Captain America, First Avenger | 1 | 0 | — |
| Morska, Undersea Sleuth | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Blue 3 decks
- Izzet 2 decks
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Mono-Red 1 deck
- Bant 1 deck
- Jeskai 1 deck
Nettlecyst price history
The Murders at Karlov Manor Commander #233 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $4.26 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $4.33 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $4.28 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $4.30 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $4.26 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $4.33 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $4.37 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Nettlecyst
6 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
Foundations Commander
- Normal
- $1.31
Murders at Karlov Manor Commander
- Normal
- $4.26
March of the Machine Commander
- Normal
- $3.58
- Normal
- $2.93
- Foil
- $6.11
Extended Art
- Normal
- $5.37
- Foil
- $7.18
Promo
Modern Horizons 2 Promos
- Foil
- $5.71
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Nettlecyst. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
