---
name: "Nezahal, Primal Tide"
mana_cost: "{5}{U}{U}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: []
set: "RIX"
set_name: "Rivals of Ixalan"
collector_number: "45"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Sam Burley"
oracle_id: "c45e96cb-2539-4e00-9fff-782a182c2f4b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nezahal-primal-tide-rix"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nezahal, Primal Tide
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{U}{U}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elder Dinosaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 7/7

## Oracle Text
This spell can't be countered.
You have no maximum hand size.
Whenever an opponent casts a noncreature spell, draw a card.
Discard three cards: Exile Nezahal. Return it to the battlefield tapped under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Niv-Mizzet, Parun](/printing/niv-mizzet-parun-clb.md) — Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard
2. [Rise of the Eldrazi](/printing/rise-of-the-eldrazi-cmm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Narset Transcendent](/printing/narset-transcendent-pio.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Narset
4. [Not of This World](/printing/not-of-this-world-roe.md) — Kindred Instant — Eldrazi
5. [Nekusar, the Mindrazer](/printing/nekusar-the-mindrazer-cmm.md) — Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard
6. [Exclude](/printing/exclude-cmm.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #45
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Sam Burley
- **Total Printings:** 28 across all historical editions

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