Nin, the Pain Artist 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.
Official card text
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: Nin deals X damage to target creature. That creature's controller draws X cards.
How it works : Nin, the Pain Artist
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
You may choose a value for X that's greater than the creature's toughness. Its controller will draw that many cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The effect is not optional. The creature's controller can't choose to draw fewer than X cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If the creature is an illegal target when Nin's ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will draw cards.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
If the ability resolves, but the damage is prevented or redirected, the controller of the targeted creature will draw X cards, regardless of how much damage was dealt or what the damage was ultimately dealt to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
If the damage is lethal, the cards are drawn before the creature is destroyed (the next time state-based actions are checked).
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Nin, the Pain Artist + Brash Taunter + Mind Over Matter + Nyx Lotus
- 1Activate Nyx Lotus by tapping it, adding at least
or . - 2Activate Nin by paying
and tapping it, dealing 2 damage to Brash Taunter and causing you to draw two cards. - 3Brash Taunter triggers, dealing 2 damage to an opponent.
- 4Activate Mind over Matter twice by discarding two cards, untapping Nin and Nyx Lotus.
- 5Repeat.
Nin, the Pain Artist + Chasm Skulker + Mind Over Matter + Khalni Gem
- 1Tap Gilded Lotus for and Khalni Gem for .
- 2Pay this mana to activate Nin, the Pain Artist's ability targeting Chasm Skulker.
- 3Chasm Skulker gets 3 damage marked on it and goes to 1 toughness.
- 4You draw 3 cards from Nin, the Pain Artist and Chasm Skulker gets 3 +1/+1 counters placed on it, making its toughness go back up to 7 with 3 damage marked on it for a net of 4.
- 5Discard the three cards you drew from Nin, the Pain Artist to untap Gilded Lotus, Khalni Gem, and Nin, the Pain Artist.
- 6Repeat.
Legal formats
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