Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

Combos with Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin

The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.

• All Will Be One Infinite
  • Exile your library
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Infinite damage
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• Shalai and Hallar Infinite
  • Exile your library
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Infinite damage
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• Casey Jones, Back Alley Brute Infinite
  • Exile your library with the ability to play the exiled cards until end of turn
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Infinite damage
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• Agatha's Soul Cauldron Triskelion Infinite
  • Exile your library
  • Infinite damage
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• Agatha's Soul Cauldron Walking Ballista Infinite
  • Exile your library
  • Infinite damage
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• Agatha's Soul Cauldron Deathbringer Thoctar Infinite
  • Exile your library
  • Infinite damage
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• Mortuary Goblin Arsonist Phyrexian Altar Infinite
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Infinite damage
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite storm count
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• Mortuary Goblin Arsonist Thermopod Infinite
  • Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
  • Infinite damage
  • Infinite death triggers
  • Infinite creature ETB
  • Infinite creature LTB
  • Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
  • Infinite storm count
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Rulings

6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.

• 2023-05-12

  Ob Nixilis's last ability looks at all combat damage dealt to an opponent in total to determine whether it triggers. For example, if three 1/1 creatures deal combat damage to an opponent, that player loses 3 life. Ob Nixilis's ability won't trigger.

• 2023-05-12

  Playing the card exiled with Ob Nixilis follows the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules. For example, if the card is a creature card, you can cast that card by paying its mana cost only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

• 2023-05-12

  If you don't play the card, it will remain exiled.

• 2023-05-12

  Unless an effect allows you to play additional lands that turn, you can play a land card exiled with Ob Nixilis only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.

• 2023-05-12

  You may play the card exiled with Ob Nixilis even if Ob Nixilis leaves the battlefield or you lose control of it.

• 2023-05-12

  Ob Nixilis's last ability will trigger if an opponent is dealt exactly 1 damage, pays exactly 1 life, or loses exactly 1 life some other way.

Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.