Nissa of Shadowed Boughs

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Nissa5.png
Full Name Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
Aliases N5
Affinities BlackGreen
Origin set Zendikar Rising Zendikar Rising
Cost 650 Mana Crystals
Stats (max level)
Health 117
Deck limits Creatures 6  ·  Spells 6  ·  Supports 7
Mana bonuses Icon W.png -1 · Icon U.png +2 · Icon B.png+4 · Icon R.png -1 · Icon G.png+4
Leveling cost 160,720 Mana Runes
Planeswalkers   (Infobox · Data)
Planeswalker series
Nissa Revane (elf)
Nissa, Sage Animist N1 Green Nissa, Sage Animist
Nissa, Vital Force N2 Green Nissa, Vital Force
Nissa, Steward of the Elements N3 BlueGreen Nissa, Steward of the Elements
Nissa, Worldwaker N4 Green Nissa, Worldwaker
Nissa of Shadowed Boughs N5 BlackGreen Nissa of Shadowed Boughs
Nissa, Vital Energy N6 Green Nissa, Vital Energy

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

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 TokenToken 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 BerserkerBerserker. 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 TokenToken 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.

Stats

Nissa of Shadowed Boughs - level 60
Mana bonus Deck limits Health Leveling cost
White -1 Blue +2 Black +4 Red -1 Green +4 Loyalty 0 Creatures  6 Spells  6 Supports  7 117 160,720 Mana Runes
All level details 1-60          Up-down-arrow-icon.png Click to
Level

cost

Mana bonus Deck limits Health Abilities
Icon W.png Icon U.png Icon B.png Icon R.png Icon G.png Icon L.png Creature-Icon.png Spell-Icon.png Support-Icon.png 1 2 3
1-5

1220Rune.png

-3 0 +2 -3 +2 0 3 3 4 32 AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png AbilityLev0.png
3 3 5
35
-3 0 +2 -3 +3 0
38
6-10

4580Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
41
4 3 5
44
AbilityLev1.png
11-15

9260Rune.png

47
-3 0 +3 -3 +3 0
50
4 4 5
53
16-20

15640Rune.png

AbilityLev1.png
-2 0 +3 -3 +3 0
56
AbilityLev2.png
21-25

23690Rune.png

59
4 4 6
62
-2 0 +3 -1 +3 0
65
26-30

33380Rune.png

AbilityLev2.png
68
5 4 6
71
AbilityLev2.png
31-35

44660Rune.png

74
-2 +1 +3 -1 +3 0
77
5 5 6
36-40

57530Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
80
-2 +1 +3 -1 +4 0
83
AbilityLev3.png
41-45

71960Rune.png

86
5 5 7
89
-2 +1 +4 -1 +4 0
93
46-50

87920Rune.png

AbilityLev3.png
97
6 5 7
101
AbilityLev4.png
51-55

112320Rune.png

105
-1 +1 +4 -1 +4 0
6 6 7
109
56-60

160720Rune.png

AbilityLev4.png
113
-1 +2 +4 -1 +4 0
117
AbilityLev4.png

Abilities

1: Shadowed Bough
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 6-19 6 Convert 3 gems to Green.
AbilityLev2.png 20-35 6 Create a Shadowed Boughs TokenToken [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.
AbilityLev3.png 36-49 6 Create a Shadowed Boughs TokenToken [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.
AbilityLev4.png 50-60 6 Create a Shadowed Boughs TokenToken [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 Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 10-25 12 Create a Hissing Quagmire TokenToken [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 DeathtouchDeathtouch and MenaceMenace until the beginning of your next turn."].
AbilityLev2.png 26-39 12 Create a Hissing Quagmire TokenToken [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 DeathtouchDeathtouch and MenaceMenace until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 2 Swamp TokensToken [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste].
AbilityLev3.png 40-55 12 Create a Hissing Quagmire TokenToken [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 DeathtouchDeathtouch and MenaceMenace until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 4 Swamp TokensToken [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. Otherwise, draw a card.
AbilityLev4.png 56-60 12 Create a Hissing Quagmire TokenToken [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 DeathtouchDeathtouch and MenaceMenace until the beginning of your next turn."]. Then, if you control 2 or less creatures, create 6 Swamp TokensToken [Black Swamp Elemental Land 1/1 Haste]. Otherwise, draw 2 cards.
3: Reclaimed Zendikon
Ability Level PW level Icon L.png Effect
AbilityLev1.png 16-29 18 Create a Reclaimed Zendikon TokenToken [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 BerserkerBerserker, and gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems."].
AbilityLev2.png 30-45 18 Create a Reclaimed Zendikon TokenToken [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 BerserkerBerserker, and gains X mana."]. Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems.
AbilityLev3.png 46-59 18 Create a Reclaimed Zendikon TokenToken [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 BerserkerBerserker, and gains X mana. When a creature you control dies: the first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains ReachReach, and gains Y mana."]. Then, each creature card in your hand gains X mana. X is the number of Black gems. Y is the number of Green gems.
AbilityLev4.png 60 18 Create a Reclaimed Zendikon TokenToken [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 BerserkerBerserker, and gains X mana. When a creature you control dies: the first creature in your hand gets +Y/+Y, gains ReachReach, and gains Y mana."]. 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.


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 Supports (6) 6 Black Uncommon Origins ORI 
Llanowar Wastes Supports (2) 8 Colorless Common Origins ORI 
Nissa's Pilgrimage Supports (3) 3 Green Common Origins ORI 
Infernal Scarring Supports (2) 6 Black Common Origins ORI 
Reave Soul Spells 3 Black Common Origins ORI
Territorial Scythecat Missing card data