Nissa of Shadowed Boughs

Nissa of Shadowed Boughs is a green elf Planeswalker, introduced in October 2020 along with the Zendikar Rising card set.

Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
Full Name	Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
Aliases	N5
Affinities
Origin set	Zendikar Rising
Cost	650
Stats (max level)
Health	117
Deck limits	6  ·   6  ·   7
Mana bonuses	-1 ·  +2 ·  +4 ·  -1 ·  +4
Leveling cost	160,720
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)

Planeswalker series
Nissa Revane (elf)
N1	Nissa, Sage Animist
N2	Nissa, Vital Force
N3	Nissa, Steward of the Elements
N4	Nissa, Worldwaker
N5	Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
N6	Nissa, Vital Energy

She has higher than average health and average deck limits. She has good mana gains in her colors, a small blue bonus, and small minuses to White and Red.

Her first ability is mostly to be ignored, simply because the other two are so strong; its gem conversion is small, and Landfall is too rare a trigger for the equally small benefits of the Shadowed Boughs token, with many PW abiities of the same strength triggering at the beginning of turn or some such. Her second ability is very adaptable, and makes an excellent setup for the third, simultaneously creating a land support to gain Black and Green gems, and a large clump of elemental Token  creatures. It can also be ignored on occasion to rush to her third ability, but only if enough black gems are on the board; Green swaps may be prioritized to leave Black on the board, especially if Gather the Pack has already been used. The ultimate makes a support which activates when a creature is cast or killed. On cast, it reanimates creatures, returning them from her graveyard to hand, buffs them, gives them mana and gives them Berserker . On death, it will give the first creature in hand an additional buff and {{Ability|Reach}. The buff from her ultimate is relatively large and, if cheap creatures are used, may trigger loop detection, especially if Gather the Pack is used, although it is not a true loop. It also adds mana to lands in hand. All of her abilities create Token  supports, and create or interact with Black and Green gems. N5 is nigh invulnerable to creature destruction; other removal is more useful, since destruction only feeds her graveyard and conversely, she can use board wipes like The Great Aurora at will.

Nissa of Shadowed Boughs, sometimes called N5, is the fifth of six playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Nissa Revane at different points in her life.

Contents

Stats

Nissa of Shadowed Boughs - level 60
Mana bonus						Deck limits			Health	Leveling cost
-1	+2	+4	-1	+4	0	6	6	7	117	160,720

All level details 1-60													Click to
Level cost		Mana bonus							Deck limits				Health		Abilities
															1	2	3
1-5 1220		-3	0	+2	-3	+2	0		3	3	4		32
									3	3	5
													35
		-3	0	+2	-3	+3	0
													38
6-10 4580
													41
									4	3	5
													44
11-15 9260													47
		-3	0	+3	-3	+3	0
													50
									4	4	5
													53
16-20 15640
		-2	0	+3	-3	+3	0
													56
21-25 23690													59
									4	4	6
													62
		-2	0	+3	-1	+3	0
													65
26-30 33380
													68
									5	4	6
													71
31-35 44660													74
		-2	+1	+3	-1	+3	0
													77
									5	5	6
36-40 57530
													80
		-2	+1	+3	-1	+4	0
													83
41-45 71960													86
									5	5	7
													89
		-2	+1	+4	-1	+4	0
													93
46-50 87920
													97
									6	5	7
													101
51-55 112320													105
		-1	+1	+4	-1	+4	0
									6	6	7
													109
56-60 160720
													113
		-1	+2	+4	-1	+4	0
													117

Abilities

1: Shadowed Bough
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	6-19	6	Convert 3 gems to Green.
	20-35	6	Create a Shadowed Boughs Token  [3 shield with "Landfall Green: Gain 3 Loyalty. Then, your Land supports gain 1 shield. This effect can trigger up to 2 times per turn."]. Then, convert 3 gems to Green.
	36-49	6	Create a Shadowed Boughs Token  [3 shield with "Landfall Green: Gain 3 Loyalty. Then, your Land supports gain 1 shield. Landfall Black: Your opponent loses 3 life. Each of these effects can trigger up to 2 times per turn."]. Then, convert 3 gems to Green.
	50-60	6	Create a Shadowed Boughs Token  [3 shield with "Landfall Green: Gain 3 Loyalty. Then, your Land supports gain 1 shield. Landfall Black: Your opponent loses 3 life. Each of these effects can trigger up to 2 times per turn."]. Then, convert 2 gems to Green and 2 gems to Black.

2: Bitter Connection
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	10-25	12	Create a Hissing Quagmire Token  [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. Activate 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains Deathtouch  and Menace  until the beginning of your next turn."].
	26-39	12	Create a Hissing Quagmire Token  [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. Activate 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains Deathtouch  and Menace  until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Swamp Tokens  [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste].
	40-55	12	Create a Hissing Quagmire Token  [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. Activate 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains Deathtouch  and Menace  until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 4 Swamp Tokens  [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. Otherwise, draw a card.
	56-60	12	Create a Hissing Quagmire Token  [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. Activate 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains Deathtouch  and Menace  until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 6 Swamp Tokens  [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. Otherwise, draw 2 cards.

3: Reclaimed Zendikon
Ability Level	PW level		Effect
	16-29	18	Create a Reclaimed Zendikon <level 1> Token  [4 shield with "When you cast a creature: Return the first creature card from your graveyard to your hand. That creature gets +X/+X, gains Berserker , and gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems."].
	30-45	18	Create a Reclaimed Zendikon <level 2> Token . Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems.
	46-59	18	Create a Reclaimed Zendikon <level 3> Token . Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems. Y is the number of Green gems.
	60	18	Create a Reclaimed Zendikon <level 4> Token . Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana and each Land card gains Y mana. X is the number of Black gems. Y is the number of Green gems.

Reclaimed Zendikon

Unusually, the different levels of Reclaimed Zendikon have the same name.

Level 1 and 2

Token  Support, Green, Black. 4 shield with "When you cast a creature: Return the first creature card from your graveyard to your hand. That creature gets +X/+X, gains Berserker , and gains X mana. When a creature you control dies: the first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains Reach , and gains Y mana."

Level 3 and 4

The Level 1 and 2 token gains : "When a creature you control dies: The first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains Reach and gains Y mana. Y is the number of Green gems."

Story

"Driven, devoted, and deeply connected to the land, Nissa Revane wields elemental magic. She's able to channel the mana leylines of a plane to bring the land to life."

<< Nissa, Worldwaker's Story

>> Nissa, Vital Energy's Story

Starting Deck

Card name	Type	Cost	Color	Rarity	Set
Nullpriest of Oblivion	Missing card data
Khalni Ambush	Missing card data
Hagra Constrictor	Missing card data
Scale the Heights	Missing card data
Blightcaster	(6)	6			ORI
Llanowar Wastes	(2)	8			ORI
Nissa's Pilgrimage	(3)	3			ORI
Infernal Scarring	(2)	6			ORI
Reave Soul		3			ORI
Territorial Scythecat	Missing card data