Nettlecyst
- Mana cost
- {3}
- Type
- Artifact — Equipment
- Set
- Modern Horizons 2 Promos #231s (rare)
Living weapon (When this Equipment enters, create a 0/0 black Phyrexian Germ creature token, then attach this to it.)
Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each artifact and/or enchantment you control.
Equip {2}
Nettlecyst has 8 printings, first in Modern Horizons 2 (2021). EDHREC ranks it #1,025 among Commander cards. It appears most in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER decks (6,522 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 6 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 Nettlecyst
- Deep Clue Sea - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Morska, Undersea Sleuth
- Growing Threat - March of the Machine Commander, led by Brimaz, Blight of Oreskos
- Keen Engineering - Foundations Commander, led by Sai, Master Thopterist
Commanders that run Nettlecyst most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER: 6,522 decks
- Arna Kennerüd, Skycaptain: 5,206 decks
- Nahiri, Forged in Fury: 5,073 decks
- Morska, Undersea Sleuth: 3,383 decks
- Ekthi, Contaminator Priest: 2,649 decks
- Chiss-Goria, Forge Tyrant: 2,434 decks
- Dogmeat, Ever Loyal: 2,378 decks
- Captain America, First Avenger: 2,084 decks
Often played with Nettlecyst
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The Phyrexian Germ token enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature and the Equipment becomes attached to it before state-based actions would cause the token to die. Abilities that trigger as the token enters the battlefield see that a 0/0 creature entered the battlefield.
- : If a permanent you control is both an artifact and an enchantment, count it only once when determining the bonus from an equipped Nettlecyst.
- : If the living weapon trigger causes two Phyrexian Germs to be created (due to an effect such as that of Doubling Season), the Equipment becomes attached to one of them. The other will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.
- : Like other Equipment, each Equipment with living weapon has an equip cost. You can pay this cost to attach an Equipment to another creature you control. Once the Phyrexian Germ token is no longer equipped, it will be put into your graveyard and subsequently cease to exist, unless another effect raises its toughness above 0.
- : If the Phyrexian Germ token is destroyed, the Equipment remains on the battlefield as with any other Equipment.
- : The living weapon ability has been updated so that the triggered ability creates Phyrexian Germ tokens rather than Germ tokens. This update applies to all cards with living weapon.