Art: Tuan Duong Chu · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast
Nissa, Resurgent Animist
GLegendary Creature — Elf Scout · from $19.91
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color. Then if this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Elf or Elemental card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
A typical Commander deck
A starting template, not a rule — counts to fill in around the commander.
- Lands3736–38 for most decks; fewer with cheap curves
- Ramp10mana rocks, dorks, land ramp — mostly 2–3 mana
- Card draw10repeatable engines beat one-shot cantrips
- Targeted removal6answers for creatures AND artifacts/enchantments
- Board wipes3sweepers reset boards you've lost
- Synergy & win conditions33the deck's actual plan
Staples in these colors
The 100 cards that fit this color identity in the most EDHREC decklists (EDHREC rank via Scryfall).
Budget
58 of 100 at $5 or less · 36 at $1 or less
| # | Card | Type | MV | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sol Ring | Artifact | 1 | $1.07 |
| 2 | Command Tower | Land | 0 | $0.26 |
| 3 | Arcane Signet | Artifact | 2 | $0.34 |
| 4 | Exotic Orchard | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 5 | Reliquary Tower | Land | 0 | $4.28 |
| 6 | Swiftfoot Boots | Artifact | 2 | $1.43 |
| 7 | Lightning Greaves | Artifact | 2 | $3.86 |
| 8 | Path of Ancestry | Land | 0 | $0.16 |
| 9 | Fellwar Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.47 |
| 10 | Rogue's Passage | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 11 | Evolving Wilds | Land | 0 | $0.09 |
| 12 | Cultivate | Sorcery | 3 | $0.38 |
| 13 | Thought Vessel | Artifact | 2 | $2.23 |
| 14 | Farseek | Sorcery | 2 | $0.42 |
| 15 | Beast Within | Instant | 3 | $0.49 |
| 16 | Nature's Lore | Sorcery | 2 | $2.15 |
| 17 | Rampant Growth | Sorcery | 2 | $0.39 |
| 18 | Heroic Intervention | Instant | 2 | $9.28 |
| 19 | Terramorphic Expanse | Land | 0 | $0.10 |
| 20 | Myriad Landscape | Land | 0 | $0.25 |
| 21 | Mind Stone | Artifact | 2 | $0.21 |
| 22 | Birds of Paradise | Creature | 1 | $4.98 |
| 23 | Polluted Delta | Land | 0 | $19.85 |
| 24 | Kodama's Reach | Sorcery | 3 | $1.55 |
| 25 | Flooded Strand | Land | 0 | $12.78 |
| 26 | Three Visits | Sorcery | 2 | $5.55 |
| 27 | Skullclamp | Artifact | 1 | $4.85 |
| 28 | Solemn Simulacrum | Creature | 4 | $0.27 |
| 29 | Misty Rainforest | Land | 0 | $35.98 |
| 30 | Bloodstained Mire | Land | 0 | $14.54 |
| 31 | Fabled Passage | Land | 0 | $0.65 |
| 32 | Windswept Heath | Land | 0 | $11.19 |
| 33 | Wooded Foothills | Land | 0 | $17.96 |
| 34 | Verdant Catacombs | Land | 0 | $29.16 |
| 35 | Scalding Tarn | Land | 0 | $36.86 |
| 36 | Marsh Flats | Land | 0 | $32.04 |
| 37 | Commander's Sphere | Artifact | 3 | $0.19 |
| 38 | Arid Mesa | Land | 0 | $31.40 |
| 39 | Llanowar Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.24 |
| 40 | Ancient Tomb | Land | 0 | $56.94 |
| 41 | Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth | Land | 0 | $56.13 |
| 42 | Boseiju, Who Endures | Land | 0 | $50.48 |
| 43 | Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth | Land | 0 | $16.76 |
| 44 | Temple of the False God | Land | 0 | $0.19 |
| 45 | Chromatic Lantern | Artifact | 3 | $0.38 |
| 46 | Garruk's Uprising | Enchantment | 3 | $0.39 |
| 47 | City of Brass | Land | 0 | $9.17 |
| 48 | The One Ring | Artifact | 4 | $109.88 |
| 49 | Elvish Mystic | Creature | 1 | $0.35 |
| 50 | Cavern of Souls | Land | 0 | $47.72 |
| 51 | Sakura-Tribe Elder | Creature | 2 | $0.30 |
| 52 | Mana Confluence | Land | 0 | $34.75 |
| 53 | Urza's Saga | Enchantment | 0 | $34.67 |
| 54 | Lotus Petal | Artifact | 0 | $35.11 |
| 55 | Eternal Witness | Creature | 3 | $1.10 |
| 56 | Wayfarer's Bauble | Artifact | 1 | $0.31 |
| 57 | Roaming Throne | Creature | 4 | $47.06 |
| 58 | Ashnod's Altar | Artifact | 3 | $8.15 |
| 59 | War Room | Land | 0 | $0.79 |
| 60 | Delighted Halfling | Creature | 1 | $25.91 |
| 61 | Herald's Horn | Artifact | 3 | $2.88 |
| 62 | Mana Vault | Artifact | 1 | $91.59 |
| 63 | Chrome Mox | Artifact | 0 | $51.19 |
| 64 | Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx | Land | 0 | $45.68 |
| 65 | Reflecting Pool | Land | 0 | $5.50 |
| 66 | Worldly Tutor | Instant | 1 | $26.58 |
| 67 | Three Tree City | Land | 0 | $29.09 |
| 68 | Return of the Wildspeaker | Instant | 5 | $1.51 |
| 69 | Gemstone Caverns | Land | 0 | $62.05 |
| 70 | Command Beacon | Land | 0 | $7.99 |
| 71 | Hardened Scales | Enchantment | 1 | $1.85 |
| 72 | Tireless Provisioner | Creature | 3 | $2.33 |
| 73 | Doubling Season | Enchantment | 5 | $29.62 |
| 74 | Idol of Oblivion | Artifact | 2 | $2.40 |
| 75 | Prismatic Vista | Land | 0 | $28.10 |
| 76 | Buried Ruin | Land | 0 | $0.38 |
| 77 | Thran Dynamo | Artifact | 4 | $1.94 |
| 78 | Mosswort Bridge | Land | 0 | $0.21 |
| 79 | Patchwork Banner | Artifact | 3 | $1.52 |
| 80 | Mox Amber | Artifact | 0 | $86.45 |
| 81 | Karn's Bastion | Land | 0 | $2.51 |
| 82 | Ash Barrens | Land | 0 | $0.15 |
| 83 | Beast Whisperer | Creature | 4 | $4.27 |
| 84 | Wild Growth | Enchantment | 1 | $0.40 |
| 85 | Crop Rotation | Instant | 1 | $3.60 |
| 86 | Fyndhorn Elves | Creature | 1 | $0.96 |
| 87 | Secluded Courtyard | Land | 0 | $0.31 |
| 88 | Ornithopter of Paradise | Creature | 2 | $0.35 |
| 89 | The Great Henge | Artifact | 9 | $63.38 |
| 90 | Sensei's Divining Top | Artifact | 1 | $36.48 |
| 91 | Sword of the Animist | Artifact | 2 | $2.79 |
| 92 | Explore | Sorcery | 2 | $0.15 |
| 93 | Mithril Coat | Artifact | 3 | $27.09 |
| 94 | Scute Swarm | Creature | 3 | $8.51 |
| 95 | Rishkar's Expertise | Sorcery | 6 | $1.72 |
| 96 | Mox Opal | Artifact | 0 | $229.58 |
| 97 | Unclaimed Territory | Land | 0 | $0.30 |
| 98 | Mox Diamond | Artifact | 0 | $1108.66 |
| 99 | Harrow | Instant | 3 | $0.33 |
| 100 | Foundry Inspector | Creature | 3 | $0.28 |
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Most played with Nissa, Resurgent Animist
The 25 most-played cards in 25 settled top-16 lists running Nissa, Resurgent Animist at 16+ player events since Mar 21, 2026, ranked by lists played — top-4 counts shown for context. Results from Topdeck.gg.
| # | Card | Played in | Top 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chord of Calling | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 2 | Crop Rotation | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 3 | Evolving Wilds | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 4 | Exploration | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 5 | Forest | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 6 | Lumra, Bellow of the Woods | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 7 | Six | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 8 | Sol Ring | 100% · 25 of 25 | 7 |
| 9 | Aftermath Analyst | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 10 | Amulet of Vigor | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 11 | Ancient Tomb | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 12 | Archdruid's Charm | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 13 | Boseiju, Who Endures | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 14 | Cavern of Souls | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 15 | Crystal Vein | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 16 | Delighted Halfling | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 17 | Dryad Arbor | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 18 | Echoing Deeps | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 19 | Fabled Passage | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 20 | Famished Worldsire | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 21 | Finale of Devastation | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 22 | Gaea's Cradle | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 23 | Gemstone Caverns | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 24 | Green Sun's Zenith | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
| 25 | Horizon Explorer | 96% · 24 of 25 | 7 |
Combos with Nissa, Resurgent Animist
The 10 most popular of 66 combos (by EDHREC decklist count) using this commander that fit its color identity, from Commander Spellbook.
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko + Card that Earthbends
Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped land tokens
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko + Man-Land that Enters Untapped
Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped land tokens
Aftermath Analyst + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Shifting Woodland + Sylvan Safekeeper
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite colored mana · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers
Aftermath Analyst + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Shifting Woodland + Zuran Orb
Infinite colored mana · Infinite death triggers · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko + Zuran Orb
Infinite creature LTB · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite death triggers · Infinite self-mill · Infinite lifegain triggers · Infinite lifegain · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite mana lands you control can produce · Infinite colored mana · Put all lands from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield tapped · Infinite untap of lands you control
Dryad Arbor + Lotus Cobra + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite Forest tokens · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite green mana
Dryad Arbor + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko + Tireless Provisioner
Infinite creature tokens · Infinite creature ETB · Infinite Forest tokens · Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite green mana
Inkmoth Nexus + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Springheart Nantuko
Infinite landfall triggers · Infinite tapped copies of a specific land · Infinite tapped Mountain tokens · Infinite tapped Island tokens · Infinite tapped Forest tokens · Infinite tapped Plains tokens · Infinite tapped Swamp tokens
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Perilous Forays + Scute Swarm
Near-infinite creature tokens · Near-infinite creature ETB · Put all lands with a basic land type from your library onto the battlefield tapped
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Perilous Forays + Springheart Nantuko
Put all lands with a basic land type from your library onto the battlefield tapped
Top finishes
The 8 most recent of 27 finishes placing top 16 at 16+ player events with this commander. Results from Topdeck.gg.
- 6th of 19 — Aether Valley cEDH 1k Tournament Sept 2026 on Topdeck.ggSep 26, 2026 · 1–0–3 · by Elias Rivadeneira-Goodwin
- 10th of 46 — EXTRA EXTRA! CEDH TOURNEY! on Topdeck.ggSep 20, 2026 · 1–1–3 · by Elias Rivadeneira-Goodwin
- 15th of 23 — CEDH - But it’s a dry heat. Savannah Edition on Topdeck.ggSep 6, 2026 · 0–1–3 · by Elias Rivadeneira-Goodwin
- 1st of 16 — BlueHouse Brawl - August - 2026 on Topdeck.ggAug 21, 2026 · 3–1–0 · by The Lorax
- 16th of 45 — Pre-Breach the Bay 2 X Game Corner: Foil Onslaught Wooded Foothills on Topdeck.ggAug 21, 2026 · 1–1–2 · by James Wines
- 4th of 40 — Brigandry Games CEDH Win-a-Mox on Topdeck.ggAug 16, 2026 · 3–3–1 · by Wyatt Oney
- 15th of 44 — [518] Northern Wardens Fringe Fest: The Sequel on Topdeck.ggJul 19, 2026 · 1–3–0 · by The Lorax
- 15th of 44 — Aether Valley cEDH 1k Tournament July 2026 on Topdeck.ggJul 11, 2026 · 1–3–1 · by The Lorax
Card data and images courtesy of Scryfall; popularity ranking from EDHREC decklist data included in Scryfall bulk. Combo data courtesy of Commander Spellbook. Tournament results courtesy of Topdeck.gg. Deckwarden is unofficial Fan Content and is not endorsed by Wizards of the Coast.