Nissa, Resurgent Animist 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
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, add one mana of any color. Then if this is the second time this ability has resolved this turn, reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal an Elf or Elemental card. Put that card into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
Complete guide
Nissa, Resurgent Animist is a powerful engine that turns your land drops into both mana and card advantage. By harnessing the Landfall mechanic, she ensures you stay ahead on resources while digging for your most important tribal threats. Whether you are playing a dedicated Elf deck or an Elemental powerhouse, Nissa is a must-have scout for your library.
Harnessing Landfall
Nissa's ability triggers whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control. This includes lands you play as your turn action and lands put into play by spells or abilities. Note that this is a triggered ability, not a mana ability, meaning it uses the stack and can be responded to by opponents before you get your mana.
The Second Resolution Rule
While Nissa provides mana for every land that enters, her secondary effect is highly specific. The library search only occurs if it is exactly the second time her Landfall ability has resolved during the current turn. If you resolve a third or fourth trigger in the same turn, you will only receive the mana, not the card revelation.
Searching the Wilds
When the second Landfall ability resolves, you reveal cards from the top of your library until you hit an Elf or Elemental. That card goes to your hand, and the rest go to the bottom in a random order. If your library contains no Elves or Elementals, you simply randomize your entire library and continue play.
Strategic Timing
To maximize Nissa, you should aim to trigger her twice every turn. Playing a land from your hand counts as the first, while using fetch lands or ramp spells provides the crucial second trigger. Always remember that the ability tracks resolutions per turn, so flickering Nissa will reset this count.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumFirst, you play a Forest as your land for the turn. Nissa triggers, resolves, and adds one mana of any color (this is resolution number one). Next, you cast Solemn Simulacrum. When it enters, its ability triggers, allowing you to put a basic land onto the battlefield. This causes Nissa to trigger a second time. Upon resolution, you add one mana and then reveal cards from your library until you find an Elf or Elemental to put into your hand.
Sakura-Tribe ElderWith Nissa on the battlefield, you play a land. Nissa triggers (resolution one), and you add one mana. Later, you sacrifice Sakura-Tribe Elder to search for a basic land. When that land enters, Nissa triggers again. Since this is the second time the ability has resolved this turn, you add mana and then perform the library search for an Elf or Elemental.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Nissa, Resurgent Animist
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Nissa's landfall ability isn't a mana ability, even though it causes you to add mana. It uses the stack and can be responded to.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
Each time the landfall ability resolves in a turn after the second time, you'll just add mana.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
If you reveal your entire library and don't reveal an Elf or Elemental card, you'll put all revealed cards back in a random order. This uses the same physical action as shuffling, although it isn't technically a "shuffle."
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1Earthbend a land, thus animating it.
- 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying
, attaching it to the animated land. - 3Play any land.
- 4When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko and Nissa trigger.
- 5Resolve the Nissa trigger, adding .
- 6Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of the land it is attached to.
- 7When the land token enters the battlefield, Nissa and Springheart Nantuko trigger.
- 8Holding priority, activate the land token by tapping it, adding at least .
Springheart Nantuko + Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1Animate the land.
- 2Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying , attaching it to the animated land.
- 3Play any land.
- 4When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko and Nissa trigger.
- 5Resolve the Nissa trigger, adding .
- 6Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of the land it is attached to.
- 7When the land token enters the battlefield, Nissa and Springheart Nantuko trigger.
- 8Holding priority, activate the land token by tapping it, adding at least .
Shifting Woodland + Aftermath Analyst + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1Activate Sylvan Safekeeper by sacrificing any land except Shifting Woodland.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no other lands except Shifting Woodland.
- 3Activate Shifting Woodland's second ability by paying
, causing it to become a copy of Aftermath Analyst until end of turn. - 4Activate Shifting Woodland by paying
and sacrificing it, returning it and all other land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. - 5When the lands enter the battlefield, Nissa triggers that many times, adding for each land that entered the battlefield this way.
- 6Repeat.
- 7Resolve all Sylvan Safekeeper abilities.
Shifting Woodland + Aftermath Analyst + Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Zuran Orb
- 1Activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing any land except Shifting Woodland, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 2Repeat step 1 until you control no other lands except Shifting Woodland.
- 3Activate Shifting Woodland's second ability by paying , causing it to become a copy of Aftermath Analyst until end of turn.
- 4Activate Shifting Woodland by paying and sacrificing it, returning it and all other land cards from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
- 5When the lands enter the battlefield, Nissa triggers that many times, adding for each land that entered the battlefield this way.
- 6Repeat.
- 7If you control nine or more lands, this combo will net infinite mana due to Nissa's trigger.
Lumra, Bellow of the Woods + Springheart Nantuko + Zuran Orb + Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1Play any land.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko triggers.
- 3Holding priority, activate Zuran Orb by sacrificing a land.
- 4Repeat step 3 until you control no lands.
- 5Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Lumra.
- 6Put the token Lumra into your graveyard due to the legend rule.
- 7The Lumra token's enter-the-battlefield ability triggers, causing you to mill four cards and returning all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield.
- 8When the lands enter the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko and Nissa trigger that many times.
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Dryad Arbor + Lotus Cobra + Springheart Nantuko
- 1Play any land from your hand.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko, Lotus Cobra and Nissa trigger.
- 3Resolve the Lotus Cobra and Nissa triggers, adding .
- 4Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Dryad Arbor.
- 5When the Dryad Arbor token enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko, Lotus Cobra and Nissa trigger.
- 6Repeat from step 3.
Nissa, Resurgent Animist + Dryad Arbor + Tireless Provisioner + Springheart Nantuko
- 1Play any land from your hand.
- 2When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko, Tireless Provisioner and Nissa trigger.
- 3Resolve the Nissa trigger, adding .
- 4Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 5Holding priority, activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 6Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Dryad Arbor.
- 7When the Dryad Arbor token enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko, Tireless Provisioner and Nissa trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 3.
Springheart Nantuko + Inkmoth Nexus + Nissa, Resurgent Animist
- 1Activate Inkmoth Nexus's first ability by tapping it, adding
. - 2Activate Inkmoth Nexus's second ability by paying , causing it to become a creature until end of turn.
- 3Cast Springheart Nantuko for its bestow cost by paying , attaching it to Inkmoth Nexus.
- 4Play any land.
- 5When the land enters the battlefield, Springheart Nantuko and Nissa trigger.
- 6Resolve the Nissa trigger, adding .
- 7Resolve the Springheart Nantuko trigger, causing you to pay to create a token copy of Inkmoth Nexus.
- 8When the Inkmoth Nexus token enters the battlefield, Nissa and Springheart Nantuko trigger.
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