Nightmare Shepherd
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SetPRM
Collector #79905
Released2020-02-07
Rarityrare
ArtistTyler Jacobson
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Nightmare Shepherd

RareColour IDMV 4
Enchantment Creature — Demon
Flying
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types.
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Keywords
Flying
Card capabilities
Copy effectCreatureEnchantmentToken creation
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2020-01-24Newest 2024-09-27Cheapest priced $0.34 in THB
Rulings (7)
wotc24 Jan 2020
If the token is a copy of a creature whose power and toughness are defined by an ability (usually printed as */* or similar), the token doesn't copy the ability that defines its power and toughness. It remains a 1/1 creature.
wotc24 Jan 2020
Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.
wotc24 Jan 2020
The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it existed in the graveyard before it was exiled.
wotc24 Jan 2020
The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that had changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
wotc24 Jan 2020
If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
wotc24 Jan 2020
If something becomes a copy of the token, the copy is also a 1/1 and a Nightmare.