Nether Traitor

Creature — Spirit

Haste
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Whenever another creature is put into your graveyard from the battlefield, you may pay Black . If you do, return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

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 Commander decks played it (7 of 6150). Most played in Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow.

Combos

250 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Nether Traitor + Pawn of Ulamog + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Sifter of Skulls
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Nether Traitor + Pawn of Ulamog + Pitiless Plunderer + Yahenni, Undying Partisan
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Blight Mound + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite colored mana, Infinite death triggers…: Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar + Teysa, Orzhov Scion
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Nether Traitor + Pawn of Ulamog + Pitiless Plunderer
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Nether Traitor + Ogre Slumlord + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Fumulus, the Infestation + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar
Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Altar of Dementia + Nether Traitor + Pitiless Plunderer + Sifter of Skulls
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Desecrated Tomb + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar

See all 250 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 Not legal
Timeless Not legal
Alchemy Not legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

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

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

Commander Other periods →

In 7 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

7 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow	0.6%	3%
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician	0.1%	17%
Ingris Stingerquill	0.0%	50%
Ayara, First of Locthwain	0.0%	100%
Bartolomé del Presidio	0.0%	100%
Gorma, the Gullet	0.0%	100%
Teysa, Orzhov Scion	0.0%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Dark Ritual	100%	2.5
Culling the Weak	71%	2.6
Demonic Tutor	71%	1.5
Arcane Signet	71%	1.1
Command Tower	71%	0.8
Sol Ring	71%	0.7
Zulaport Cutthroat	57%	83.7
Blood Artist	57%	45.6
Warren Soultrader	57%	11.0
Opposition Agent	57%	4.0

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Gorma, the Gullet Artan Saliovski, 25 Oct	1 main	#21 0-2
Ayara, First of Locthwain Luis Azorín, 16 Oct	1 main	#1 2-0
Yuriko, the Tiger's Shadow Michael Scott Beard, 11 Oct	1 main	#29 0-3
Ingris Stingerquill Joan dalmau, 9 Oct	1 main	#5 1-1
Teysa, Orzhov Scion František Jurák, 4 Oct	1 main	#19 1-3
Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Frank, 3 Oct	1 main	#23 0-4
Bartolomé del Presidio M Naufal Naiib, 3 Oct	1 main	#69 0-3

No recent decks in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.