Nesting Grounds

Type: Land
Set: Fallout #1030 (rare)

{T}: Add {C}.
{1}, {T}: Move a counter from target permanent you control onto a second target permanent. Activate only as a sorcery.

Nesting Grounds has 14 printings, first in Commander 2020 (2020). EDHREC ranks it #561 among Commander cards. It appears most in Auntie Ool, Cursewretch decks (17,797 on EDHREC). 5 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 official rulings.

Legality

commander: legal
legacy: legal
vintage: legal
pauper: not legal
modern: legal
pioneer: not legal
standard: not legal
brawl: legal

Public decks that run Nesting Grounds

Bedecked Brokers - New Capenna Commander, led by Perrie, the Pulverizer
Blight Curse - Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander Deck, led by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Counter Blitz - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Tidus, Yuna's Guardian
Mutant Menace - Fallout, led by The Wise Mothman
Symbiotic Swarm - Commander 2020, led by Kathril, Aspect Warper

Commanders that run Nesting Grounds most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 17,797 decks
Tidus, Yuna's Guardian: 17,334 decks
The Wise Mothman: 13,428 decks
Tom Bombadil: 10,803 decks
Terra, Magical Adept // Esper Terra: 7,742 decks
Yuna, Grand Summoner: 5,645 decks
Shilgengar, Sire of Famine: 5,213 decks
Atraxa, Praetors' Voice: 5,102 decks

Often played with Nesting Grounds

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

Rulings

2020-04-17: To move a counter from one creature to another, the counter is removed from the first permanent and put on the second. Any abilities that care about a counter being removed from or put onto a permanent will apply.
2020-04-17: You choose the two target permanents as Nesting Grounds's second ability is put onto the stack. You choose which kind of counter to move as that ability resolves.
2020-04-17: If either permanent becomes an illegal target, no counter is removed or put.
2020-04-17: The two target permanents don't have to share a type, which can result in some counters on permanents that would not occur normally, such as loyalty counters on creatures or +1/+1 counters on lands. Keyword counters will grant the permanent that keyword even if it's meaningless (such as trample on an enchantment); +1/+1 counters won't affect the permanent unless it's a creature; and many named counters (such as soul counters) won't have an effect unless the recipient permanent refers to them in some way.