---
name: "Nantuko Blightcutter"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Insect Druid"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Protection", "Threshold"]
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "131"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Matt Cavotta"
oracle_id: "c40bd057-d1be-45e2-9ebf-4ab176195f17"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nantuko-blightcutter-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nantuko Blightcutter
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect Druid
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Protection, Threshold

## Oracle Text
Protection from black
Threshold — This creature gets +1/+1 for each black permanent your opponents control as long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mystic Enforcer](/printing/mystic-enforcer-dmr.md) — Creature — Human Nomad Mystic
2. [Teroh's Vanguard](/printing/terohs-vanguard-tor.md) — Creature — Human Nomad
3. [Nantuko Calmer](/printing/nantuko-calmer-tor.md) — Creature — Insect Druid
4. [Mystic Crusader](/printing/mystic-crusader-ody.md) — Creature — Human Nomad Mystic
5. [Masked Gorgon](/printing/masked-gorgon-jud.md) — Creature — Gorgon
6. [Blightbeetle](/printing/blightbeetle-m20.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #131
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Matt Cavotta
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`