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Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Legendary Creature — Human Detective

Nelly Borca wants a deck that turns its opponents against each other. It leads the ready-made Blame Game deck (2024).

  • Mana cost2 genericredwhite
  • White, Red ()
  • Power / toughness2 / 4
  • RarityMythic

Vigilance

Whenever Nelly Borca attacks, suspect target creature. Then goad all suspected creatures. (A suspected creature has menace and can't block.)

Whenever one or more creatures an opponent controls deal combat damage to one or more of your opponents, you and the controller of those creatures each draw a card.

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Archetypes
Themes
  • Detectives
  • Humans

Cards That Fit Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Picked for what they do in Nelly Borca's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Nelly Borca's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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Decks Led by Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

Nelly Borca leads a ready-made deck.PreconShort for preconstructed deck: a ready-to-play deck sold in a box by Wizards of the Coast. A Commander precon comes with its commander and all 100 cards, so you can play it straight away and change cards later.Open the full glossary

Rulings for Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser

explain how Nelly Borca works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

Being suspected isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a suspected creature, it won't be suspected.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If a creature is already suspected, suspecting it again won't have any effect.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

If a suspected creature loses all abilities, it will lose menace and "This creature can't block", but it won't stop being suspected.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

There's no limit to the number of creatures that can be suspected simultaneously. Suspecting a new creature doesn't cause other creatures to stop being suspected.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

When an effect suspects a creature, it becomes suspected. It gains menace and "This creature can't block" for as long as it's suspected. It stays suspected until it leaves the battlefield or another effect causes it to no longer be suspected.

Wizards of the Coast 2 Feb 2024

You can target a creature that's already suspected with Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser's second ability.

6 rulings, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Nelly Borca, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryWRPlayers write colors as letters: W for white, R for red.PoliticsPolitics decks turn opponents against each other, making their creatures attack someone else or letting the whole table vote. Goad is the most common tool: a goaded creature must attack, and must attack someone other than you if it can.Open the Politics pageForced CombatForces creatures to attack, or decides who they attack, often with goad. In multiplayer it points other people's creatures at each other instead of at you. Bident of Thassa, Toski, Bearer of SecretsOpen the Forced Combat pageSuspectUses suspect, a keyword action from Murders at Karlov Manor. A suspected creature gains menace (meaning two or more creatures are needed to block it) and cannot block itself. Nelly Borca, Impulsive AccuserOpen the Suspect pageDrawDraws you extra cards. More cards means more choices every turn, and in a 100-card deck it is the main way to find the pieces you need. Rhystic Study, SkullclampOpen the Draw page