Art by Brad Rigney
Nin, the Pain Artist
Legendary Creature — Vedalken Wizard
{X}{U}{R}, {T}: Nin deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.
Average Card Type Breakdown
Average Mana Curve
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Most Played With Nin, the Pain Artist (213)
Sol Ring
88% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
80% of decks · $0.49
Thought Vessel
70% of decks
Izzet Signet
64% of decks · $0.23
Talisman of Creativity
56% of decks · $0.52
Pain for All
47% of decks · $2.31
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
45% of decks · $5.18
The Locust God
45% of decks · $7.42
Swiftfoot Boots
44% of decks
Triskaidekaphile
40% of decks · $0.85
Decanter of Endless Water
40% of decks · $5.27
Arcane Denial
40% of decks · $2.03
Wizard Class
39% of decks · $3.12
Screaming Nemesis
37% of decks · $7.57
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
37% of decks · $1.11
Basilisk Collar
37% of decks · $3.74
Vandalblast
37% of decks · $1.70
Mana Geyser
36% of decks · $1.24
Fellwar Stone
35% of decks
Thran Dynamo
35% of decks · $4.43
Lightning Greaves
34% of decks · $4.00
Inner Fire
34% of decks · $0.86
Negate
34% of decks · $0.24
Laboratory Maniac
34% of decks · $2.25
Solemn Simulacrum
34% of decks · $0.34
Ominous Seas
33% of decks · $1.66
Brainstorm
32% of decks · $0.57
Blazing Sunsteel
31% of decks · $11.39
Chain Reaction
31% of decks · $0.30
Illusionist's Bracers
31% of decks · $6.63
An Offer You Can't Refuse
31% of decks · $3.16
Mind Stone
31% of decks
Flame of Anor
30% of decks · $3.61
Abrade
30% of decks · $0.32
Proft's Eidetic Memory
30% of decks · $3.31
Willbreaker
30% of decks · $1.90
Scrawling Crawler
28% of decks · $6.60
Pongify
27% of decks · $3.12
Propaganda
27% of decks · $2.22
Darksteel Plate
27% of decks · $6.92
Phyrexian Metamorph
26% of decks · $2.21
Teferi's Ageless Insight
26% of decks · $5.80
Windfall
26% of decks · $6.02
Fiendlash
26% of decks · $0.39
Razorkin Needlehead
26% of decks · $5.40
Cyclonic Rift
25% of decks · $39.16
Arcbond
25% of decks · $1.31
Mana Drain
25% of decks · $56.89
Giggling Skitterspike
24% of decks · $13.07
Mana Sculpt
24% of decks · $0.88
Mithril Coat
24% of decks · $29.34
Fabricate
23% of decks · $10.36
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
22% of decks · $27.75
Reality Shift
22% of decks · $0.35
Jeska's Will
22% of decks · $41.42
Gilded Lotus
21% of decks · $0.54
Spiraling Embers
20% of decks · $0.30
Swan Song
20% of decks · $10.60
Ponder
20% of decks · $3.58
Dramatic Reversal
20% of decks · $0.38
Star of Extinction
20% of decks · $3.15
Illusory Ambusher
19% of decks · $0.18
The Enigma Jewel
19% of decks
Aetherize
19% of decks · $0.49
Rapid Hybridization
18% of decks · $0.78
Irencrag Pyromancer
18% of decks · $0.35
Silver Myr
18% of decks · $0.70
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
18% of decks · $9.01
Invert Polarity
18% of decks · $0.56
Sink into Stupor
18% of decks
Lightning Bolt
17% of decks · $0.87
Iron Myr
17% of decks · $0.74
Frantic Search
17% of decks · $2.13
Wayfarer's Bauble
17% of decks · $5.61
Fierce Guardianship
16% of decks · $63.65
Braid of Fire
16% of decks · $23.44
Deflecting Swat
16% of decks · $72.64
Battlemage's Bracers
16% of decks · $3.27
Red Hulk
15% of decks · $0.24
Curiosity
15% of decks · $0.92
Izzet Charm
15% of decks · $0.22
Commander's Sphere
15% of decks · $0.34
Consecrated Sphinx
15% of decks · $32.80
Mystical Tutor
14% of decks · $19.16
Preordain
14% of decks · $0.87
Creepy Doll
14% of decks · $0.84
Rings of Brighthearth
14% of decks · $5.30
Muddle the Mixture
14% of decks · $2.76
Faithless Looting
14% of decks · $0.39
Fevered Visions
14% of decks · $1.14
Mystic Remora
14% of decks · $15.08
Worn Powerstone
14% of decks · $0.38
Spellbook
13% of decks · $4.51
Wrathful Red Dragon
13% of decks · $10.39
Venser's Journal
13% of decks · $8.96
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13% of decks · $11.04
Fateful Showdown
13% of decks · $0.37
Opt
13% of decks · $0.27
City on Fire
12% of decks · $11.40
Everflowing Chalice
12% of decks · $0.30
Imperial Recruiter
12% of decks · $12.32
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
12% of decks · $6.96
Hydroelectric Specimen
12% of decks
Seething Song
12% of decks · $11.52
Master the Way
12% of decks · $0.16
Rewind
12% of decks · $0.46
Homunculus Horde
12% of decks · $1.11
Isochron Scepter
12% of decks · $12.71
Fiery Emancipation
11% of decks · $13.60
Counterflux
11% of decks · $0.62
Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
11% of decks · $0.83
Sea Gate Restoration
11% of decks
Valakut Awakening
11% of decks
Hazoret, Godseeker
11% of decks · $0.63
Fires of Victory
11% of decks · $0.27
Ornithopter of Paradise
10% of decks · $2.23
Trinket Mage
10% of decks · $0.52
Liquimetal Torque
10% of decks · $3.02
Dominus of Fealty
10% of decks · $0.72
Clever Impersonator
10% of decks · $3.92
Basalt Monolith
10% of decks · $5.05
Cerebral Vortex
10% of decks · $1.18
High Tide
10% of decks · $1.66
Howling Mine
10% of decks · $5.49
Narset, Parter of Veils
10% of decks · $1.25
Psychic Corrosion
10% of decks · $4.70
Pinnacle Monk
10% of decks
Oneirophage
10% of decks · $0.35
Thousand-Year Elixir
10% of decks · $18.13
Wizard's Retort
9% of decks · $0.32
Resculpt
9% of decks · $0.33
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
9% of decks · $4.92
Untimely Malfunction
9% of decks · $9.10
Force of Will
9% of decks · $59.96
Red Death, Shipwrecker
9% of decks · $0.34
Glasspool Mimic
9% of decks
Mana Vault
9% of decks · $116.06
Tezzeret the Seeker
9% of decks · $25.76
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
9% of decks · $4.25
Gamble
9% of decks · $18.85
Keranos, God of Storms
9% of decks · $10.01
Molten Psyche
8% of decks · $4.54
Midnight Clock
8% of decks · $0.57
Unstoppable Plan
8% of decks · $2.38
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
8% of decks · $12.97
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
8% of decks
Silverclad Ferocidons
8% of decks · $2.88
Folio of Fancies
8% of decks · $2.78
Glittering Stockpile
8% of decks · $0.42
Runeflare Trap
8% of decks · $0.27
Sturmgeist
8% of decks · $0.36
Whir of Invention
8% of decks · $5.53
Fact or Fiction
8% of decks · $0.25
Sky Diamond
8% of decks · $0.25
Curse of the Swine
8% of decks · $0.30
Force of Negation
8% of decks · $50.63
Ivory Tower
8% of decks
Toralf, God of Fury
8% of decks
Return the Favor
8% of decks · $1.08
Iron Maiden
8% of decks · $12.58
Fire Diamond
8% of decks · $0.39
Kami of the Crescent Moon
7% of decks · $7.95
Gratuitous Violence
7% of decks · $0.40
Shadowspear
7% of decks · $30.19
Forced Fruition
7% of decks · $9.92
Improbable Alliance
7% of decks · $0.34
Hedron Archive
7% of decks · $0.25
Unwind
7% of decks · $1.61
Evacuation
7% of decks · $0.29
Rite of Replication
7% of decks · $0.30
Dictate of the Twin Gods
7% of decks · $1.63
Resonating Lute
7% of decks · $1.18
Shatterskull Smashing
7% of decks
Hell to Pay
7% of decks · $0.95
Mox Opal
7% of decks · $236.10
Starstorm
7% of decks · $0.27
Expressive Iteration
7% of decks · $0.30
Mox Amber
7% of decks · $86.61
Mirrormade
7% of decks · $3.22
Dack Fayden
7% of decks · $7.83
Three Steps Ahead
7% of decks · $5.94
Narset's Reversal
6% of decks · $2.81
Tribute Mage
6% of decks · $0.87
Thassa's Oracle
6% of decks · $22.32
Burnished Hart
6% of decks · $0.30
Black Vise
6% of decks
The Watcher in the Water
6% of decks · $2.64
The Eternity Elevator
6% of decks · $3.04
Spellseeker
6% of decks · $17.24
Patriar's Seal
6% of decks · $4.18
Hexing Squelcher
6% of decks · $19.24
The One Ring
6% of decks · $116.27
Dictate of Kruphix
6% of decks · $0.40
Freed from the Real
6% of decks · $7.98
Trophy Mage
6% of decks · $0.71
Nadir Kraken
6% of decks · $0.44
Merchant Scroll
6% of decks · $5.02
Staff of Nin
6% of decks · $1.27
Expedited Inheritance
6% of decks · $0.36
Repercussion
6% of decks · $15.31
Scour for Scrap
6% of decks · $0.38
Chrome Mox
6% of decks · $166.69
Vedalken Shackles
5% of decks · $8.76
Cryptic Command
5% of decks · $7.78
Lórien Revealed
5% of decks · $5.68
Solve the Equation
5% of decks · $4.51
Mox Diamond
5% of decks
Sensei's Divining Top
5% of decks · $39.63
Vicious Shadows
5% of decks · $1.96
Splatter Technique
5% of decks · $0.24
Hammer of Nazahn
5% of decks · $14.35
Grim Monolith
5% of decks · $478.02
New Cards
Geist of Saint Thalia
6% of decks · $0.74
Troop of Ponies
4% of decks · $0.33
Elven Raft-Steerer
4% of decks · $0.26
Innovative Commons
4% of decks · $0.22
Tomik, Izzet Sparkmage
2% of decks · $0.37
Creatures (50)
Niv-Mizzet, Parun
45% of decks · $5.18
The Locust God
45% of decks · $7.42
Triskaidekaphile
40% of decks · $0.85
Screaming Nemesis
37% of decks · $7.57
Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
37% of decks · $1.11
Laboratory Maniac
34% of decks · $2.25
Solemn Simulacrum
34% of decks · $0.34
Willbreaker
30% of decks · $1.90
Scrawling Crawler
28% of decks · $6.60
Phyrexian Metamorph
26% of decks · $2.21
Razorkin Needlehead
26% of decks · $5.40
Giggling Skitterspike
24% of decks · $13.07
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
22% of decks · $27.75
Illusory Ambusher
19% of decks · $0.18
Irencrag Pyromancer
18% of decks · $0.35
Silver Myr
18% of decks · $0.70
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
18% of decks · $9.01
Iron Myr
17% of decks · $0.74
Red Hulk
15% of decks · $0.24
Consecrated Sphinx
15% of decks · $32.80
Creepy Doll
14% of decks · $0.84
Wrathful Red Dragon
13% of decks · $10.39
Imperial Recruiter
12% of decks · $12.32
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
12% of decks · $6.96
Hydroelectric Specimen
12% of decks
Homunculus Horde
12% of decks · $1.11
Raphael, Ninja Destroyer
11% of decks · $0.83
Hazoret, Godseeker
11% of decks · $0.63
Ornithopter of Paradise
10% of decks · $2.23
Trinket Mage
10% of decks · $0.52
Dominus of Fealty
10% of decks · $0.72
Clever Impersonator
10% of decks · $3.92
Pinnacle Monk
10% of decks
Oneirophage
10% of decks · $0.35
Red Death, Shipwrecker
9% of decks · $0.34
Glasspool Mimic
9% of decks
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
9% of decks · $4.25
Keranos, God of Storms
9% of decks · $10.01
Silverclad Ferocidons
8% of decks · $2.88
Sturmgeist
8% of decks · $0.36
Toralf, God of Fury
8% of decks
Kami of the Crescent Moon
7% of decks · $7.95
Tribute Mage
6% of decks · $0.87
Thassa's Oracle
6% of decks · $22.32
Burnished Hart
6% of decks · $0.30
The Watcher in the Water
6% of decks · $2.64
Spellseeker
6% of decks · $17.24
Hexing Squelcher
6% of decks · $19.24
Trophy Mage
6% of decks · $0.71
Nadir Kraken
6% of decks · $0.44
Instants (50)
Arcane Denial
40% of decks · $2.03
Negate
34% of decks · $0.24
Brainstorm
32% of decks · $0.57
An Offer You Can't Refuse
31% of decks · $3.16
Flame of Anor
30% of decks · $3.61
Abrade
30% of decks · $0.32
Pongify
27% of decks · $3.12
Cyclonic Rift
25% of decks · $39.16
Arcbond
25% of decks · $1.31
Mana Drain
25% of decks · $56.89
Mana Sculpt
24% of decks · $0.88
Reality Shift
22% of decks · $0.35
Swan Song
20% of decks · $10.60
Dramatic Reversal
20% of decks · $0.38
Aetherize
19% of decks · $0.49
Rapid Hybridization
18% of decks · $0.78
Invert Polarity
18% of decks · $0.56
Sink into Stupor
18% of decks
Lightning Bolt
17% of decks · $0.87
Frantic Search
17% of decks · $2.13
Fierce Guardianship
16% of decks · $63.65
Deflecting Swat
16% of decks · $72.64
Izzet Charm
15% of decks · $0.22
Mystical Tutor
14% of decks · $19.16
Muddle the Mixture
14% of decks · $2.76
Fateful Showdown
13% of decks · $0.37
Opt
13% of decks · $0.27
Seething Song
12% of decks · $11.52
Rewind
12% of decks · $0.46
Counterflux
11% of decks · $0.62
Valakut Awakening
11% of decks
Fires of Victory
11% of decks · $0.27
Cerebral Vortex
10% of decks · $1.18
High Tide
10% of decks · $1.66
Wizard's Retort
9% of decks · $0.32
Resculpt
9% of decks · $0.33
Untimely Malfunction
9% of decks · $9.10
Force of Will
9% of decks · $59.96
Runeflare Trap
8% of decks · $0.27
Whir of Invention
8% of decks · $5.53
Fact or Fiction
8% of decks · $0.25
Force of Negation
8% of decks · $50.63
Return the Favor
8% of decks · $1.08
Unwind
7% of decks · $1.61
Evacuation
7% of decks · $0.29
Starstorm
7% of decks · $0.27
Three Steps Ahead
7% of decks · $5.94
Narset's Reversal
6% of decks · $2.81
Scour for Scrap
6% of decks · $0.38
Cryptic Command
5% of decks · $7.78
Sorceries (25)
Vandalblast
37% of decks · $1.70
Mana Geyser
36% of decks · $1.24
Inner Fire
34% of decks · $0.86
Chain Reaction
31% of decks · $0.30
Windfall
26% of decks · $6.02
Fabricate
23% of decks · $10.36
Jeska's Will
22% of decks · $41.42
Spiraling Embers
20% of decks · $0.30
Ponder
20% of decks · $3.58
Star of Extinction
20% of decks · $3.15
Preordain
14% of decks · $0.87
Faithless Looting
14% of decks · $0.39
Master the Way
12% of decks · $0.16
Sea Gate Restoration
11% of decks
Gamble
9% of decks · $18.85
Molten Psyche
8% of decks · $4.54
Curse of the Swine
8% of decks · $0.30
Rite of Replication
7% of decks · $0.30
Shatterskull Smashing
7% of decks
Hell to Pay
7% of decks · $0.95
Expressive Iteration
7% of decks · $0.30
Merchant Scroll
6% of decks · $5.02
Lórien Revealed
5% of decks · $5.68
Solve the Equation
5% of decks · $4.51
Splatter Technique
5% of decks · $0.24
Utility Artifacts (28)
Swiftfoot Boots
44% of decks
Basilisk Collar
37% of decks · $3.74
Lightning Greaves
34% of decks · $4.00
Blazing Sunsteel
31% of decks · $11.39
Illusionist's Bracers
31% of decks · $6.63
Darksteel Plate
27% of decks · $6.92
Fiendlash
26% of decks · $0.39
Mithril Coat
24% of decks · $29.34
The Enigma Jewel
19% of decks
Wayfarer's Bauble
17% of decks · $5.61
Battlemage's Bracers
16% of decks · $3.27
Rings of Brighthearth
14% of decks · $5.30
Spellbook
13% of decks · $4.51
Venser's Journal
13% of decks · $8.96
Isochron Scepter
12% of decks · $12.71
Howling Mine
10% of decks · $5.49
Thousand-Year Elixir
10% of decks · $18.13
Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
8% of decks · $12.97
Folio of Fancies
8% of decks · $2.78
Ivory Tower
8% of decks
Iron Maiden
8% of decks · $12.58
Shadowspear
7% of decks · $30.19
Black Vise
6% of decks
The One Ring
6% of decks · $116.27
Staff of Nin
6% of decks · $1.27
Vedalken Shackles
5% of decks · $8.76
Sensei's Divining Top
5% of decks · $39.63
Hammer of Nazahn
5% of decks · $14.35
Mana Artifacts (29)
Sol Ring
88% of decks · $1.38
Arcane Signet
80% of decks · $0.49
Thought Vessel
70% of decks
Izzet Signet
64% of decks · $0.23
Talisman of Creativity
56% of decks · $0.52
Decanter of Endless Water
40% of decks · $5.27
Fellwar Stone
35% of decks
Thran Dynamo
35% of decks · $4.43
Mind Stone
31% of decks
Gilded Lotus
21% of decks · $0.54
Commander's Sphere
15% of decks · $0.34
Worn Powerstone
14% of decks · $0.38
Everflowing Chalice
12% of decks · $0.30
Liquimetal Torque
10% of decks · $3.02
Basalt Monolith
10% of decks · $5.05
Mana Vault
9% of decks · $116.06
Midnight Clock
8% of decks · $0.57
Glittering Stockpile
8% of decks · $0.42
Sky Diamond
8% of decks · $0.25
Fire Diamond
8% of decks · $0.39
Hedron Archive
7% of decks · $0.25
Resonating Lute
7% of decks · $1.18
Mox Opal
7% of decks · $236.10
Mox Amber
7% of decks · $86.61
The Eternity Elevator
6% of decks · $3.04
Patriar's Seal
6% of decks · $4.18
Chrome Mox
6% of decks · $166.69
Mox Diamond
5% of decks
Grim Monolith
5% of decks · $478.02
Enchantments (26)
Pain for All
47% of decks · $2.31
Wizard Class
39% of decks · $3.12
Ominous Seas
33% of decks · $1.66
Proft's Eidetic Memory
30% of decks · $3.31
Propaganda
27% of decks · $2.22
Teferi's Ageless Insight
26% of decks · $5.80
Rhystic Study
18% of decks · $69.59
Braid of Fire
16% of decks · $23.44
Curiosity
15% of decks · $0.92
Fevered Visions
14% of decks · $1.14
Mystic Remora
14% of decks · $15.08
City on Fire
12% of decks · $11.40
Fiery Emancipation
11% of decks · $13.60
Psychic Corrosion
10% of decks · $4.70
Unstoppable Plan
8% of decks · $2.38
Roaring Furnace // Steaming Sauna
8% of decks
Gratuitous Violence
7% of decks · $0.40
Forced Fruition
7% of decks · $9.92
Improbable Alliance
7% of decks · $0.34
Dictate of the Twin Gods
7% of decks · $1.63
Mirrormade
7% of decks · $3.22
Dictate of Kruphix
6% of decks · $0.40
Freed from the Real
6% of decks · $7.98
Expedited Inheritance
6% of decks · $0.36
Repercussion
6% of decks · $15.31
Vicious Shadows
5% of decks · $1.96
Planeswalkers (5)
Jace, Wielder of Mysteries
13% of decks · $11.04
Narset, Parter of Veils
10% of decks · $1.25
Teferi, Temporal Pilgrim
9% of decks · $4.92
Tezzeret the Seeker
9% of decks · $25.76
Dack Fayden
7% of decks · $7.83
Utility Lands (20)
Reliquary Tower
76% of decks
Mystic Sanctuary
31% of decks
Temple of the False God
25% of decks
Riptide Laboratory
22% of decks
Minamo, School at Water's Edge
17% of decks
Otawara, Soaring City
17% of decks
Academy Ruins
16% of decks
Arcane Lighthouse
14% of decks
Buried Ruin
11% of decks
Urza's Saga
11% of decks
Ancient Tomb
10% of decks
Desolate Lighthouse
10% of decks
Inventors' Fair
9% of decks
Mistrise Village
8% of decks
Seat of the Synod
8% of decks
Kher Keep
8% of decks
Great Furnace
8% of decks
Scavenger Grounds
7% of decks
Detection Tower
7% of decks
Mikokoro, Center of the Sea
6% of decks
Lands (47)
Island
98% of decks
Mountain
96% of decks
Command Tower
86% of decks
Sulfur Falls
71% of decks
Shivan Reef
62% of decks
Steam Vents
52% of decks
Cascade Bluffs
50% of decks
Stormcarved Coast
47% of decks
Training Center
44% of decks
Izzet Boilerworks
43% of decks
Frostboil Snarl
38% of decks
Temple of Epiphany
37% of decks
Scalding Tarn
34% of decks
Exotic Orchard
29% of decks
Ferrous Lake
27% of decks
Riverglide Pathway
24% of decks
Fiery Islet
23% of decks
Myriad Landscape
22% of decks
Thundering Falls
20% of decks
Riverpyre Verge
19% of decks
Sink into Stupor
18% of decks
Volcanic Island
15% of decks
Evolving Wilds
15% of decks
Swiftwater Cliffs
13% of decks
Scorched Geyser
13% of decks
Hydroelectric Specimen
12% of decks
Spirebluff Canal
12% of decks
Terramorphic Expanse
11% of decks
Sea Gate Restoration
11% of decks
Valakut Awakening
11% of decks
Turbulent Springs
10% of decks
Pinnacle Monk
10% of decks
Fabled Passage
9% of decks
Flooded Strand
9% of decks
Glasspool Mimic
9% of decks
Polluted Delta
9% of decks
Molten Tributary
9% of decks
Misty Rainforest
8% of decks
Bloodstained Mire
8% of decks
Izzet Guildgate
8% of decks
Arid Mesa
8% of decks
Prismatic Vista
7% of decks
Wooded Foothills
7% of decks
Shatterskull Smashing
7% of decks
Silverbluff Bridge
6% of decks
Path of Ancestry
6% of decks
Reflecting Pool
5% of decks
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Public Decks with Nin, the Pain Artist
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Decks built with Nin, the Pain Artist on Mana Forge (0)
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