Nightmare
Creature — Nightmare Horse
Printings & Editions
Premodern-legal editions of Nightmare — old-border printings plus any period-appropriate foil promos (Arena/Judge, through Scourge). Hover to preview an edition on the card; click to select it.
Old-border editions + pre-Scourge promo foils (Arena/Judge). Modern-frame reprints (8th Edition onward) exist but are not period-appropriate printings.
Critical Rulings
"If you control 0 swamps, then the Nightmare has 0 toughness and will be put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action right before the next player gains priority."
— 2008-04-01
"Nightmare’s power and toughness changes as the number of Swamps you control changes."
— 2009-10-01
"Nightmare’s ability counts all lands you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp."
— 2013-07-01
"The ability that defines Nightmare’s power and toughness works everywhere, not just on the battlefield."
— 2013-07-01
Price History
91d · USDTracks this card’s preferred printing: the old-border edition shown by default (block-expansion printings first, e.g. Urza’s, Tempest, Mirage). It doesn’t re-price when you select a different edition above. Per-edition history is planned.
Decks playing Nightmare (4)
- Mono Black AggroAldo Fontemaggi#3Andre´s league 10 tappa2025-05-23×1
- Black Land LossPablo Riquelme#4Confluencia TCG (Neuquén, Argentina)2026-04-10×1
- ContaminationDezduel#9Premodern Challenge 32 - Contraption (2026-02-14)2026-02-14×3
- ContaminationDezduel#92026-02-14×3
