==Overview==[[Nissa of Shadowed Boughs]] is She has higher than average health and average deck limits. She has good mana gains in her colors, a green elf Planeswalkersmall blue bonus, introduced in October 2020 along with the [[Zendikar Rising]] card setand small minuses to White and Red.

She 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 {{Ability|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 {{Card URL|Gather the Pack}} has higher than average healthalready 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, {{Ability|buff|buffs}} them, gives them mana and average gives them {{Ability|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 gains to lands in hand. All of her abilities create {{Ability|Token}} supports, and create or interact with a slightly unbalanced spreadBlack and Green gems. N5 is nigh invulnerable to creature destruction; other removal is more useful, since destruction only feeds her graveyard and average deck limitsconversely, she can use board wipes like {{Card URL|The Great Aurora}} at will.

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

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| Effect 2 = <b>Create a Shadowed Boughs {{Ability|Token}} </b> [3 shield with "{{Ability|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.

| Effect 3 = Create a Shadowed Boughs {{Ability|Token}} [3 shield with "{{Ability|Landfall}} Green: Gain 3 Loyalty. Then, your Land supports gain 1 shield. <b>{{Ability|Landfall}} Black: Your opponent loses 3 life. </b> Each of these effects can trigger up to 2 times per turn."]. Then, convert 3 gems to Green.

| Effect 4 = Create a Shadowed Boughs {{Ability|Token}} [3 shield with "{{Ability|Landfall}} Green: Gain 3 Loyalty. Then, your Land supports gain 1 shield. {{Ability|Landfall}} Black: Your opponent loses 3 life. Each of these effects can trigger up to 2 times per turn."]. Then, <b>convert 2 gems to Green and 2 gems to Black</b>.

| Effect 2 = Create a Hissing Quagmire {{Ability|Token}} [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. {{Ability|Activate}} 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains {{Ability|Deathtouch}} and {{Ability|Menace}} until the beginning of your next turn."]. <b>Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Swamp {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} </b> [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste].

| Effect 3 = Create a Hissing Quagmire {{Ability|Token}} [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. {{Ability|Activate}} 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains {{Ability|Deathtouch}} and {{Ability|Menace}} until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create <b>4 </b> Swamp {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. <b>Otherwise, draw a card.</b>

| Effect 4 = Create a Hissing Quagmire {{Ability|Token}} [3 shield with "At the beginning of your turn: Convert 2 gems to Black and 2 gems to Green. {{Ability|Activate}} 1 2-turn: Your first creature gets +2/+2 and gains {{Ability|Deathtouch}} and {{Ability|Menace}} until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create <b>6 </b> Swamp {{Ability|Token|Tokens}} [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. Otherwise, draw <b>2 </b> cards.

| Effect 2 = Create a Reclaimed Zendikon {{Ability|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 {{Ability|Berserker}}, and gains X mana."]. <b>Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. </b> X is the number of Black gems.

| Effect 3 = Create a Reclaimed Zendikon {{Ability|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 {{Ability|Berserker}}, and gains X mana. <b>When a creature you control dies: the first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains {{Ability|Reach}}, and gains Y mana.</b>"]. Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems. <b>Y is the number of Green gems.</b>

| Effect 4 = Create a Reclaimed Zendikon {{Ability|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 {{Ability|Berserker}}, and gains X mana. When a creature you control dies: the first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains {{Ability|Reach}}, and gains Y mana."]. Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana <b>and each Land card gains Y mana</b>. X is the number of Black gems. Y is the number of Green gems.