Niko, Light of Hope is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
When Niko enters, create two Shard tokens. (They're enchantments with ", Sacrifice this token: Scry 1, then draw a card.")
: Exile target nonlegendary creature you control. Shards you control become copies of it until the next end step. Return it to the battlefield under its owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.
How it works : Niko, Light of Hope
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If the target creature is an illegal target as Niko's last ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. Shards you control won't become copies of the creature.
Card named in this ruling
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Shards you control do become copies of the creature, they'll use the copiable values of the creature as it last existed on the battlefield. They don't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it, whether it had any Auras and/or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the creature that was exiled was copying something else, the Shards that become copies of that creature will use the copiable values of that creature. In most cases, they will be copies of whatever that creature was copying. If it was copying a permanent or card with
in its mana cost, X is 0.Card named in this ruling
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Soulherder
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying
, tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one. - 3At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Soulherder then triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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#2
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Teleportation Circle
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Teleportation Circle then triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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#3
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Conjurer's Closet
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Conjurer's Closet then triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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#4
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Thassa, Deep-Dwelling
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Thassa then triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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#5
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Brago, King Eternal
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Deal combat damage using Brago. It triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat each turn.
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#6
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Deadeye Navigator
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Activate Niko by paying
, bling it. - 4When Niko enters, it and Deadeye Navigator's soulbond ability trigger.
- 5Resolve the Niko trigger, creating two Shard tokens.
- 6Resolve the Deadeye Navigator trigger, repairing it and Niko.
- 7At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield.
- 8Repeat each turn.
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#7
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Airbender Ascension
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield. Airbender Ascension then triggers, blinking Niko.
- 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5Repeat each turn.
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#8
Niko, Light of Hope + Timestream Navigator + Eldrazi Displacer
Infinite turnsLock
- 1Activate Niko by paying and tapping it, exiling Timestream Navigator and causing Shards you control to become a copy of Timestream Navigator until the end step.
- 2Activate a Shard by paying , tapping it and putting it from the battlefield onto the bottom of your library, causing you to take an extra turn after this one.
- 3Activate Eldrazi Displacer by paying
, blinking Niko. - 4When Niko enters, it triggers, creating two Shard tokens.
- 5At the beginning of the next end step, Timestream Navigator is returned from exile to the battlefield.
- 6Repeat each turn.
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Legal formats
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