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Nightscape Familiar

Black

8 printings listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Nightscape Familiar, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop SLD · No. 1546 2024-02-05

Card text

{1}{B}
Creature — Zombie
Blue spells and red spells you cast cost {1} less to cast. {1}{B}: Regenerate this creature.
1 / 1
Keywords: Regenerate
Nightscape masters prize one trait above all others: undying loyalty.
EDHREC rank #1160 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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The 8 printings

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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ∅ Not legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

10 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Can never affect the colored part of the cost.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

This can lower the cost to zero, but not below zero.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

If this card is sacrificed to pay part of a spell's cost, the cost reduction still applies.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

The effect is cumulative.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

The lower cost is not optional like with some other cost reducers.

2004-10-04 · Wizards of the Coast

A spell you cast that’s blue and red costs {1} less, not {2} less.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

Nightscape Familiar can regenerate even if it isn’t in combat, it’s already tapped, or it’s undamaged.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

You can activate the regeneration ability even if Nightscape Familiar isn’t at risk of being destroyed.

2022-12-08 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Nightscape Familiar, Secret Lair Drop printing
Secret Lair Drop
SLD · #1546★
Rare
∅ No QC price
Nightscape Familiar, Archenemy: Nicol Bolas printing
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
E01 · #35
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Face to Face Games · Condition LP
Nightscape Familiar, Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas printing
Duel Decks: Ajani vs. Nicol Bolas
DDH · #44
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Merchant's Shop · Condition LP
Nightscape Familiar, World Championship Decks 2002 printing
World Championship Decks 2002
WC02 · #cr48
Common
∅ No QC price
Face to Face Games · Condition LP