All 9 Nazgûl Cards in Magic, How to Get Them Plus FAQ

Last updated on September 14, 2026

Nazgûl | Illustration by Nino Is

All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost.

J.R.R. Tolkien

Many of us joined the hype for The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth, and it's about time to look at some iconic figures from the LotR lore.

That’s right, the Nazgûl have come to Magic! These servants of the Dark Lord were once men and now live between realms only to serve. In MTG, they may serve you well as a growing army of wraiths. These wraiths are like army-trained witches and have some tricks up their sleeves that you should know!

Gallery and List of Nazgûl Cards

• Nazgûl 0039
• Nazgûl 0038
• Nazgûl 0037
• Nazgûl 0036
• Nazgûl 0035
• Nazgûl 0034
• Nazgûl 0033
• Nazgûl 0032
• Nazgûl 0100
• Nazgûl 0530
• Nazgûl 0529
• Nazgûl 0528
• Nazgûl 0527
• Nazgûl 0526
• Nazgûl 0525
• Nazgûl 0524
• Nazgûl 0523
• Nazgûl 0551

How Many Nazgûl Cards Are There?

There are nine cards with the identical name “Nazgûl.” They all have different art, but the same mana value, abilities, and stats. The showcase scroll versions are included above and worth a hefty chunk more.

There are also three different depictions and cards for the Witch-king: Witch-king, Bringer of Ruin, Witch-king of Angmar, and Witch-king, Sky Scourge.

What Packs of Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth Are Nazgûl Found in?

The Nazgûl appear in set, draft, and collector booster packs. The Nazgûl aren’t found in the Commander precons, but The Hosts of Mordor contains the legendary Lord of the Nazgûl.

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Witch-king, Sky Scourge appears in the Flight of The Witch-King scene box with five other powerful cards, including Nazgûl Battle-Mace

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How Many Nazgûl Are You Allowed to Have in Your Deck?

The Nazgûl are relentless and thus allowed more than the typical limit of four copies. Nazgûl states that you may have up to nine copies of it in your deck, and it even overrides singleton formats. You can have up to nine Nazgûl cards even in a Commander deck, and some commanders work particularly well with Nazgûl.

Can You Have Nine Copies of Each Art?

No, you can’t have nine copies of each art in your deck. The different artworks aren’t different cards, they’re all under the same name of Nazgûl. You can only have up to nine Nazgûl cards of any artwork combination in your deck.

What Is the Ring Tempts You?

The Ring tempts you is a keyword action introduced in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth. It’s made to show the power and influence of The One Ring. This is similar to venture into the dungeon with an emblem to keep track of the abilities that The Ring has. Whenever the Ring tempts you is triggered, two things happen.

First, you choose a creature to become your Ring-bearer. Only one of your creatures may be a Ring-bearer at any given time, and they receive all the abilities that come from The Ring emblem. Second, The Ring emblem gains its next ability. Starting with the first ability at the top, each Ring tempts you trigger gains the ability below it. The abilities aren’t lost once they’ve been activated, so the abilities compound until all four abilities show the true power of The Ring.

Is Nazgûl Good?

A lot of players have differing opinions on Nazgûl being viable in competitive play. I don't see it keep up with other strategies.

It does little to stop most aggro strategies. On the other side of the spectrum, a Nazgûl army is easily controlled by cards like Sunfall or Fumigate.

The Nazgûl have more value in Commander. The fact that you can have lots of them gives you a probability advantage over other rule-restricted decks. They fit well into a wraith deck surrounded by removal spells. I like Felisa, Fang of Silverquill as a commander, or Witch-king of Angmar to keep the LotR theme going.

I think Nazgûl is worth toying around with, but it probably won’t make a splash in cEDH.

Are There Any Nazgûl Commanders?

The only commander with Nazgûl in the name is Lord of the Nazgûl, but it’s far from the only viable commander. Any commander that cares about the ring tempting you or creatures with +1/+1 counters can be a decent Nazgûl commander—check out our full ranking here.

Is Nazgûl Good in Draft?

Nazgûl is fantastic in The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earth Limited. One Nazgûl presents a decent-sized body that often trades up, and there are plenty of ways to make the Ring tempt you to make it larger. Multiple Nazgûl are hard to get but extremely hard to beat because of how well they scale. When you play the second Nazgûl, both triggering, putting two +1/+1 counters on themselves. It only gets better from there.

However, if you ever encounter Nazgûl in a Chaos Draft or something, be skeptical. These are much worse when you can't draft around the Ring tempts you.

What Is the Rarity/Frequency of Nazgûl?

Nazgûl is an uncommon card. In regular booster packs the card appears at the same frequency as other uncommons in boosters. Each of the nine artworks of Nazgûl also appear an equal amount of times throughout boosters. For collector boosters, Nazgûl shows up in about 9% of the packs.

Can You Play 10 or More Nazgûl in Draft?

No, you can only play up to nine copies of Nazgûl in a Draft. This is thanks to that pesky rules text, “a deck can have up to nine cards name Nazgûl.”

Wrap Up

Nazgûl | Illustration by Yigit Koroglu

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring (Gandalf)

These words ring true in many aspects of life, and the game of Magic. I’ll stop quoting LotR when it stops being so fun. I hope you’ve learned about the Nazgûl cards and how they might fit into your dominating plans.

What do you think about these Nazgûl? How many did you manage to draft at once? Let me know in the comments, or over on Draftsim's official Twitter.

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