---
name: "Nihilith"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Suspend", "Fear"]
set: "FUT"
set_name: "Future Sight"
collector_number: "72"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "c235fda2-1a8d-4ac7-9a23-784529a520f0"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nihilith-fut"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nihilith
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Suspend, Fear

## Oracle Text
Fear (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or black creatures.)
Suspend 7—{1}{B} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {1}{B} and exile it with seven time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this card is suspended, you may remove a time counter from this card.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Corpulent Corpse](/printing/corpulent-corpse-tsp.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Roiling Horror](/printing/roiling-horror-plc.md) — Creature — Horror
3. [Face of Fear](/printing/face-of-fear-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
4. [Abyssal Nocturnus](/printing/abyssal-nocturnus-gpt.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Frightcrawler](/printing/frightcrawler-ody.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Squirming Mass](/printing/squirming-mass-uds.md) — Creature — Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Future Sight (FUT) #72
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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