Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist

Legendary Creature — Human

tap , Sacrifice an artifact: Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist deals 1 damage to target creature. Goad that creature. (Until your next turn, that creature attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)

1/3

Illustrated by: Greg Staples

Legality

Legal in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Prices

MTGO price: 1.32 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

2 combos, the most popular first:

Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Cathodion + Intruder Alarm + Othelm, Sigardian Outcast
Infinite colorless mana, Infinite damage to creatures…: Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Intruder Alarm + Othelm, Sigardian Outcast + Su-Chi

Commander In 12 of 6520 decks (0.2%), most in Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain

Share of decks

0.2%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

12 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

38%

4 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Wernog, Rider's Chaplain	100%	472.5
Sevinne's Reclamation	100%	4.6
Badlands	100%	3.6
Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff	100%	3.6
Demonic Consultation	100%	3.5
Scrubland	100%	3.3
Thassa's Oracle	100%	3.2
Brain Freeze	100%	3.0
Tainted Pact	100%	3.0
Tundra	100%	2.9

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Mario in Mario's Birthday Madness	2-3 40%
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Jayson Roberts in Asgard Monthly CEDH Tournament - October 2026	2-3 40%
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Travis Davis in Gem State CEDH \| Ad Naus for a Cause!	2-4 33%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Mario, 25 Oct	1 main	#9 of 39 2-3
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Bryce Carter [FEET], 24 Oct	1 main	#6 (top 8) of 72 2-2
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain BVickers (spaghetii), 24 Oct	1 main	#1 (top 8) of 76 4-0
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Travis Davis, 17 Oct	1 main	#10 of 44 2-4
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Cross Puente, 17 Oct	1 main	#20 of 25 0-3
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Jared S, 11 Oct	1 main	#19 of 42 1-3
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain Matthew Joiner, 10 Oct	1 main	#17 of 25 0-3
Bjorna, Nightfall Alchemist + Wernog, Rider's Chaplain netanyahu's greatest soldier, 10 Oct	1 main	#72 of 94 0-3