Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying, trample
Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life.
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis.
Combos with Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
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.
- Storm King's Thunder Scheming Symmetry Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Animation Module Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Radiant Performer Field of Ruin Infinite
- Near-infinite lifeloss
- Animation Module Phyrexian Altar Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Animation Module Krark-Clan Ironworks Infinite
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
- Infinite colorless mana
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Field of Ruin Rings of Brighthearth Crucible of Worlds Infinite
- Near-infinite lifeloss
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-07-18
The first triggered ability won't be put on the stack until after the spell or ability causing the opponent to search their library finishes resolving. Notably, if that spell or ability causes any other abilities to trigger (for example, if the opponent searched for a creature card and put it onto the battlefield), those abilities and Ob Nixilis's triggered ability will go on the stack together. The active player puts all of their abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve, and so on.
- 2014-07-18
Ob Nixilis's first triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library.
- 2014-07-18
If the opponent controls no creatures when the first triggered ability resolves, that player still loses 10 life.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Ob Nixilis, Unshackled, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ardyn, the Usurper | 1 | 0 | — |
| Athreos, God of Passage | 1 | 0 | — |
| Kaalia of the Vast | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Orzhov 1 deck
- Mardu 1 deck
Every version of Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
4 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.

Etched
- Etched
- $15.30

- Normal
- $5.31
- Foil
- $4.41

Promo
Magic 2015 Promos
- Normal
- $4.84
- Foil
- $4.53

Magic 2015
- Normal
- $3.85
- Foil
- $7.05
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Ob Nixilis, Unshackled. 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.