
Nightscape Familiar
Creature — Zombie · 1/1
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost less to cast.
: Regenerate this creature.
- CommanderLegal
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- PauperLegal
Selling Nightscape Familiar?
Most copies of Nightscape Familiar are worth under $1, so we buy them as bulk.
All 8 printings and prices
| Set | # | Released | Nonfoil | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 1546★ | Feb 2024 | – | $19.57 |
| Secret Lair Drop SLD | 1546 | Feb 2024 | $14.12 | – |
| Dominaria Remastered DMR | 94 | Jan 2023 | $0.42 | $0.52 |
| Archenemy: Nicol Bolas E01 | 35 | Jun 2017 | $1.01 | – |
| Commander 2013 C13 | 83 | Nov 2013 | $0.88 | – |
| Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas DDH | 44 | Sep 2011 | $0.61 | – |
| World Championship Decks 2002 WC02 | cr48 | Dec 2002 | $1.44 | – |
| Planeshift PLS | 48 | Feb 2001 | $0.65 | $29.33 |
TCGplayer market, near mint, Oct 16, 2026.
Rulings
Can never affect the colored part of the cost.
The generic X cost is still considered generic even if there is a requirement that a specific color be used for it. For example, “only black mana can be spent this way”. This distinction is important for effects which reduce the generic portion of a spell's cost.
This can lower the cost to zero, but not below zero.
If this card is sacrificed to pay part of a spell's cost, the cost reduction still applies.
The effect is cumulative.
The lower cost is not optional like with some other cost reducers.
A spell you cast that’s blue and red costs less, not less.
Activating the ability creates a replacement effect that acts like a shield, replacing the next time Nightscape Familiar would be destroyed that turn. This shield works against effects that try to destroy Nightscape Familiar or lethal damage that would be dealt to Nightscape Familiar.
Nightscape Familiar can regenerate even if it isn’t in combat, it’s already tapped, or it’s undamaged.
You can activate the regeneration ability even if Nightscape Familiar isn’t at risk of being destroyed.
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