First printed in Stronghold (1998)
Creature — Kor Nomad Soldier
: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to target creature you control instead.
The Kor forsake roots for the winding of the path; forsake voices for the silence of the mind; forsake all else for the poverty of isolation.
1/1
- Illustrated by
- Val Mayerik
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (5)
- You can use this ability as much as you want prior to damage being dealt.
- It can redirect damage to itself.
- It is possible to redirect more damage to a creature than that creature's toughness.
- The ability of this card does not do anything to stop Trample damage from being assigned to the defending player.
- When you redirect combat damage it is still combat damage.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.15 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
42 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Nomads en-Kor (+ 1 other requirement)
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Nomads en-Kor + Semblance Anvil
- Infinite self-mill: Cephalid Illusionist + Nomads en-Kor
- Infinite self-mill, Win the game: Cephalid Illusionist + Dread Return + Narcomoeba + Nomads en-Kor + Thassa's Oracle
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Monk Gyatso + Nomads en-Kor + Planar Gate
- Infinitely large creature: Crackdown Construct + Nomads en-Kor
- Infinite lifegain: Nomads en-Kor + Task Force + Worthy Cause
- Infinite lifegain: Daru Spiritualist + Nomads en-Kor + Worthy Cause
- Infinite lifegain: Animal Boneyard + Nomads en-Kor + Task Force
- Infinite lifegain: Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim + Daru Spiritualist + Nomads en-Kor
