---
name: "Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "511"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "88cd12e5-ca89-4176-96fd-320fe2ccd087"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ob-nixilis-the-hate-twisted-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent draws a card, Ob Nixilis deals 1 damage to that player.
−2: Destroy target creature. Its controller draws two cards.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ob Nixilis Reignited](/printing/ob-nixilis-reignited-dsc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
2. [Ob Nixilis, the Adversary](/printing/ob-nixilis-the-adversary-snc.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
3. [Fate Unraveler](/printing/fate-unraveler-dsc.md) — Enchantment Creature — Hag
4. [Ob Nixilis, Captive Kingpin](/printing/ob-nixilis-captive-kingpin-mat.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon
5. [Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath](/printing/ob-nixilis-of-the-black-oath-cmm.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Nixilis
6. [Ob Nixilis, Unshackled](/printing/ob-nixilis-unshackled-2x2.md) — Legendary Creature — Demon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #511
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2019-05-03)* If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Ob Nixilis's last ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. No player draws two cards. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does draw two cards.
- *(2019-05-03)* If Ob Nixilis leaves the battlefield before his last ability resolves, most likely because he only had 2 loyalty when you activated the ability, his first ability won't exist to trigger when the creature's controller draws two cards.