First printed in Modern Horizons 3 (2024)

All 4 prints

Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #330, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #406, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #83, 2024
Modern Horizons 3 Promos (PMH3) #83s, 2024

Chthonian Nightmare

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, you get energy energy energy (three energy counters).
Pay X energy , Sacrifice a creature, Return this enchantment to its owner's hand: Return target creature card with mana value X from your graveyard to the battlefield. Activate only as a sorcery.

MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Modern decks played it (3 of 2236). Most played in Boros Energy. In the last 30 days 0.5% of Commander decks played it (30 of 6150). Most played in Rakdos, the Muscle.

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Chthonian Nightmare in Limited
Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Premier Draft	56.2%	+1.1	+4.1	13212
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), Sealed	54.5%	-1.5	+0.1	721

GIH WR: win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
vs set: points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
IWD: improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
Games: games in which the card was seen

Staple

Duel Commander staples: main deck, 3% of decks (#687)
Black, Enchantments, Recursion

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Combos

312 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Greedy Freebooter + Pitiless Plunderer + Shambling Ghast
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Greedy Freebooter + Priest of Gix
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Pitiless Plunderer + Priest of Gix
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Shambling Ghast
Infinite black mana, Infinite death triggers…: Chthonian Nightmare + Priest of Gix + Priest of Urabrask
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Greedy Freebooter + Jet Medallion + Shambling Ghast
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Greedy Freebooter + Pawn of Ulamog + Shambling Ghast
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Wriggling Grub
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Greedy Freebooter + Impulsive Pilferer + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Chthonian Nightmare + Phyrexian Altar + Wriggling Grub

See all 312 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

Standard Not legal
Pioneer Not legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Not legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Not legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

Modern Other periods →

In 3 of 2236 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

3 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Boros Energy	6.3%	1%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	2.5%	2%
WBG (unclassified)	0.8%	6%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Marionette Apprentice	100%	745.3

Best win rate

Deck	Record
WBG Beadsley in Modern Challenge 96	4-3 57%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Boros Energy monste94, 27 Oct	1 main	5-0
Mono-Black aspiringspike, 7 Oct	1 main	5-0
WBG Beadsley, 2 Oct	1 main	#25 4-3

Commander Other periods →

In 30 of 6150 decks (0.5%).

Share of decks

0.5%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

30 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

35%

7 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Rakdos, the Muscle	0.3%	100%
Kodama of the East Tree + Tymna the Weaver	0.1%	11%
Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER	0.1%	33%
The Great Goblin	0.1%	25%
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse	0.0%	33%
Slimefoot and Squee	0.0%	33%
Teval, the Balanced Scale	0.0%	100%
Ayara, First of Locthwain	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	97%	1.0
Dark Ritual	93%	2.3
Culling the Weak	87%	3.1
Lotus Petal	87%	0.9
Entomb	83%	9.0
Phyrexian Tower	83%	6.2
Demonic Tutor	83%	1.8
Command Tower	83%	1.0
Warren Soultrader	80%	15.4
Reanimate	80%	7.2

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Kodama of the East Tree + Tymna the Weaver Diego Segovia P in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	4-1 80%
Rakdos, the Muscle CJ Myers in MBG Commanderpalooza #3 (TimeTwister event)	2-3 40%
Rakdos, the Muscle Noah Brown in Perfect Storm Comics & Games - Tabernacle 10K	2-4 33%
Rakdos, the Muscle JD Badoud (Ducke) in Hellspawn Booster Box Tournament	1-4 20%
Slimefoot and Squee Sergio Araya in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	1-4 20%
Rakdos, the Muscle Casper Adriaensen Langouche in TAP THAT TUNDRA - EU CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER	1-5 17%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Rakdos, the Muscle Dylan Tyler, 25 Oct	1 main	#13 1-3
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse Adrian Rich, 25 Oct	1 main	#14 0-3
Rakdos, the Muscle Mason, 24 Oct	1 main	#6 2-2
Liliana, Heretical Healer Dahlton, 24 Oct	1 main	#24 1-3
Rakdos, the Muscle CJ Myers, 24 Oct	1 main	#30 2-3
Rakdos, the Muscle Louie [Bonfire], 24 Oct	1 main	#52 1-2
Rakdos, the Muscle Šimon Hájek, 24 Oct	1 main	#42 0-4
Rakdos, the Muscle Daniel Sanchez Mora, 24 Oct	1 main	#4 2-2

Duel Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 80 decks (5.0%).

Share of decks

5.0%

▲ 3.4 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
BG (unclassified)	6.3%	80%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Eternal Witness	100%	20.0
Twilight Mire	100%	20.0
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis	100%	20.0
Nurturing Peatland	100%	16.0
Deathrite Shaman	100%	13.3
Elves of Deep Shadow	100%	13.3
Llanowar Wastes	100%	13.3
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	100%	13.3
Accursed Marauder	100%	13.3
Blooming Marsh	100%	11.4

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BG flchmt, 20 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG NicolasP, 19 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG Pasdejambon, 18 Oct	1 main	5-0
BG NicolasP, 14 Oct	1 main	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage.