Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath (Commander)

Cas Hinds
Jun 8, 2026
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Ob Nixilis Reignited
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Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
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Disciple of Bolas
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Burnished Hart
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Great Unclean One
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Blood Artist
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Blood Speaker
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Raving Dead
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Tragic Slip
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Sudden Spoiling
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Defile
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Deadly Rollick
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Murder
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Darkness
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Baleful Mastery
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Ob Nixilis's Cruelty
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Snuff Out
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Archenemy's Charm
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Read the Bones
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Syphon Mind
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Sanguine Bond
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Exquisite Blood
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Black Market
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Bad Moon
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Revenge of Ravens
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Bloodchief Ascension
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Pestilence
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Wound Reflection
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Warlock Class
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Kaya's Ghostform
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Retreat to Hagra
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Heartless Summoning
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Mark of the Oni
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Planeswalkers
Liliana of the Dark Realms
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Ob Nixilis, the Hate-Twisted
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Liliana, Dreadhorde General
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Sorin Markov
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Liliana Vess
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Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools
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Vraska, Betrayal's Sting
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Liliana of the Veil
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Bojuka Bog
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Cabal Coffers
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Cabal Stronghold
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Crypt of Agadeem
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Reliquary Tower
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Barren Moor
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Everglades
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Arcane Lighthouse
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Witch's Cottage
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Ghost Quarter
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War Room
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Phyrexian Tower
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Rogue's Passage
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Leechridden Swamp
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Karn's Bastion
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Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
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Thespian's Stage
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Sol Ring
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Arcane Signet
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Charcoal Diamond
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Mind Stone
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Worn Powerstone
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Thought Vessel
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Caged Sun
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Fellwar Stone
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Throne of Eldraine
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The Soul Stone
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Séance Board
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Swamp
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Myriad Landscape
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Fell the Profane
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Urza's Cave
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Demolition Field
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Malakir Rebirth
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