Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
~$1.75 low · ~$5.89 high
Buy on TCGplayerTCGplayer, eBay and Amazon links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy.
Multicolor. Legendary Planeswalker — Nissa
Zendikar Rising #231 · Illustrated by Yongjae Choi
Zendikar Rising #231 · Illustrated by Yongjae ChoiWhat is Nissa of Shadowed Boughs worth?
TCGplayer, eBay and Amazon links are affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy.
TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a loyalty counter on Nissa.
+1: Untap target land you control. You may have it become a 3/3 Elemental creature with haste and menace until end of turn. It's still a land.
−5: You may put a creature card with mana value less than or equal to the number of lands you control onto the battlefield from your hand or graveyard with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Loyalty 4
Format legality
All 4 printings of Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zendikar Rising Promos pznr #231p· 2020Promomythic· Cardmarket €2.01 · €3.32 foil | mythic | $3.85 | $3.03 | €2.01€3.32 foil | |
 Zendikar Rising Promos pznr #231s· 2020Promomythic· Cardmarket €3.25 foil | mythic | No non-foil printing | $5.89 | €3.25 foil | |
 Zendikar Rising znr #231· 2020mythic· Cardmarket €1.62 · €2.39 foil | mythic | $1.75 | $2.47 | €1.62€2.39 foil | |
 Zendikar Rising znr #283· 2020Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €1.98 · €3.63 foil | mythic | $1.89 | $3.43 | €1.98€3.63 foil |
Prices are TCGplayer market prices in USD for each printing and finish, via Scryfall. They are a guide, not an appraisal.
Where to buy Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. We also take part in the TCGplayer (via Impact) and eBay Partner Network affiliate programs. Links to TCGplayer, eBay and Amazon are affiliate links: if you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Cardmarket links are not affiliate links.
Card details
- First printed
- 2020
- Printings
- 4
- Mana value
- 4
- EDHREC rank
- #5,796 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Landfall
- Artists
- Yongjae Choi, David Rapoza
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Zendikar Rising card (#231).
231 · ZNR · M · EN
- 231Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- ZNRSet code for Zendikar Rising
- MMythic rare
- ENPrinted in English
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (9)
September 25, 2020
Nissa's middle ability can target a land that's already untapped or that's already a creature.
September 25, 2020
Effects that modify the power or toughness of the land creature without setting it will apply to its new base power and toughness no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for counters that change its power and toughness.
September 25, 2020
If a card in a player's hand or graveyard has
in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.September 25, 2020
Nissa's middle ability overwrites any previous effects that set the land creature's power and/or toughness to specific values. Other effects that set these characteristics to specific values that start to apply after the ability resolves will overwrite that part of the effect.
September 25, 2020
The creature card's mana value is checked only in your hand or graveyard. You may put a creature card onto the battlefield whose mana value becomes greater than the number of lands you control once it's on the battlefield, most likely because it enters as a copy of another permanent.
September 25, 2020
Nissa's middle ability doesn't remove any abilities the land creature has.
November 8, 2024
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
November 8, 2024
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
November 8, 2024
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
Browse more: Zendikar Rising · all sets · search cards