---
name: "Nils, Discipline Enforcer"
mana_cost: "{2}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Human Cleric"
colors: []
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "158"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Magali Villeneuve"
oracle_id: "ff6b52b7-ae3c-465b-b10e-901160e5230e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nils-discipline-enforcer-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Nils, Discipline Enforcer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your end step, for each player, put a +1/+1 counter on up to one target creature that player controls.
Each creature with one or more counters on it can't attack you or planeswalkers you control unless its controller pays {X}, where X is the number of counters on that creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Orzhov Advokist](/printing/orzhov-advokist-mkc.md) — Creature — Human Advisor
2. [Forbidding Spirit](/printing/forbidding-spirit-rna.md) — Creature — Spirit Cleric
3. [Whipgrass Entangler](/printing/whipgrass-entangler-lgn.md) — Creature — Human Cleric
4. [Ghostly Prison](/printing/ghostly-prison-soc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Norn's Annex](/printing/norns-annex-cmm.md) — Artifact
6. [Peacekeeper](/printing/peacekeeper-wth.md) — Creature — Human

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #158
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Magali Villeneuve

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2021-04-16)* All counters on a creature are considered when determining the value of X, not only +1/+1 counters.
- *(2021-04-16)* For each player, choosing a target creature that player controls is optional.
- *(2021-04-16)* Your opponents can choose not to pay to attack with a creature with one or more counters on it that attacks "if able." If there's no other player or planeswalker to attack, the creature simply doesn't attack.