Nix
~$0.98 low · ~$42.65 high
Blue. Instant

Future Sight #55 · Illustrated by Brian Despain
What is Nix worth?
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Oracle text
Counter target spell if no mana was spent to cast it.
"There is no shortcut to work done true and well. The Creators learned this to their sorrow, the first time they made the world." —Githri the Prisoner
Format legality
The only printing of Nix
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Future Sight fut #55· 2007rare· Cardmarket €0.77 · €1.48 foil | rare | $0.98 | $42.65 | €0.77€1.48 foil |
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Where to buy Nix
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Card details
- First printed
- 2007
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #25,786 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Brian Despain
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Future Sight card (#55).
55
- 55Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (3)
2007-05-01
Nix can target any spell. The condition is checked only on resolution.
2007-05-01
Nix doesn’t check whether a spell’s mana cost is 0. Rather, it checks how much mana was actually spent to cast it. It can counter a spell with mana cost 0 (such as Slaughter Pact), a spell cast via an alternative nonmana cost (such as Allosaurus Rider) or alternative cost of
(such as Basking Rootwalla), a spell whose cost to cast it was reduced to 0 (such as Frogmite), a spell cast without paying its cost due to an effect (such as suspend or Mindleech Mass’s ability), or a copy of a spell, among other possibilities. It will not counter a spell that had an additional or alternative mana cost paid to cast it, regardless of that spell’s mana value (such as a face-down spell cast with morph, or an Ornithopter cast while Trinisphere is on the battlefield, for example).
2007-05-01
Nix checks whether any player paid mana to cast the spell, not whether its current controller did. If Commandeer is cast on a spell, then Nix is cast on that spell, Nix won’t counter it unless the player who originally cast that spell spent no mana to cast it.
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