edhseer Commander synergy, explained

Nissa, Ascended Animist

Nissa, Ascended Animist

Legendary Planeswalker — Nissa

Mana cost: {3}{G}{G}{G/P}{G/P}

How we read this card

Compleated
Create an X/X green Phyrexian Horror creature token, where X is Nissa's loyalty.

activated +1 — makes a token

Destroy target artifact or enchantment.

activated −1 —

Until end of turn, creatures you control get +1/+1 for each Forest you control and gain trample.

activated −7 — gives +1/+1 for each Forest you control

activated −7 — grants a keyword

Causes: create a Horror creature token, create a Phyrexian creature token, put a Horror creature token onto the battlefield, put a Phyrexian creature token onto the battlefield, an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield.

Cares about: nothing.

Works well with

a planeswalker it grants abilities to — 312 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Way of the Wildspeaker — Way of the Wildspeaker gives Nissa, Ascended Animist an extra ability

311 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker is cast — 361 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

When Nissa, Ascended Animist is cast:

  1. Jaya's Phoenix — returns itself from the graveyard
  2. Interplanar Beacon — gains you 1 life
  3. Defiler of Vigor — puts a counter on a creature
  4. Primeval Bounty — puts 3 counters on a creature
  5. Tetsuko Umezawa, Pursuer — gets +1/+1
  6. Thor, God of Thunder — deals that spell's mana value damage
  7. Krile Baldesion — brings a card back
  8. Summon: Good King Mog XII — makes a token
  9. Kykar, Wind's Fury — makes a token
  10. Blood Funnel — sacrifices a creature

239 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a planeswalker enters the battlefield — 366 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

  1. Liliana the Repentant — When a Phyrexian or Horror enters thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Liliana the Repentant mills a card
  2. Liliana the Faultless — When a Phyrexian or Horror enters thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Liliana the Faultless gains you 1 life
  3. Builder's Talent — When Nissa, Ascended Animist enters, Builder's Talent puts a counter on a creature
  4. Brainstealer Dragon — When a Phyrexian or Horror enters thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Brainstealer Dragon makes a player lose life equal to its mana value
  5. Cloudstone Curio — When a Phyrexian or Horror enters thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Cloudstone Curio triggers

a Phyrexian enters the battlefield — 524 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

  1. Essence of Orthodoxy — When a Phyrexian enters thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Essence of Orthodoxy puts a counter on a permanent

an enchantment in a graveyard — 983 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

Nissa, Ascended Animist puts cards into the:

  1. Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer — graveyard that Bilbo, Unexpected Adventurer can bring back
  2. Narset, Enlightened Exile — graveyard that Narset, Enlightened Exile can bring back
  3. Fallaji Archaeologist — graveyard that Fallaji Archaeologist can bring back
  4. Saprazzan Bailiff — graveyard that Saprazzan Bailiff can bring back
  5. Chandra, Chill of Compliance — graveyard that Chandra, Chill of Compliance can bring back
  6. Open the Vaults — graveyard that Open the Vaults can bring back
  7. Mine Excavation — graveyard that Mine Excavation can bring back
  8. Cantivore — graveyard, and Cantivore gets bigger

106 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 987 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

  1. Femeref Enchantress — When an enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield thanks to Nissa, Ascended Animist, Femeref Enchantress draws you 1 card

9 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

an artifact in a graveyard — 1,226 cards in the game can cause this (Nissa is one).

Nissa, Ascended Animist puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. T'Chaka, Venerable King — can bring back
  2. Goblin Welder — can bring back
  3. Tomakul Scrapsmith — can bring back
  4. Anrakyr the Traveller — can bring back

185 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

provide a creature to sacrifice — 2,720 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Birthing Ritual — Nissa, Ascended Animist makes fodder for Birthing Ritual

2,719 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.