Nethergoyf Gravebound Powerhouse
Nethergoyf is a mythic threat from Modern Horizons 3 that grows with the diversity of card types in your graveyard. It starts as a modest 1 1, yet its power climbs to the number of different card types you have, and its toughness becomes that number plus one. In practice this means a single spell can become a solid threat and a handful of varied card types can turn Nethergoyf into a surprisingly durable behemoth. The creature rewards a wide graveyard with steady incremental gains, rewarding players who lean into reanimation and graveyard synergy. Lore notes hint at a spectral hunter drawn to the richness of your graveyard as it accumulates card type variety over time.
Escape provides a safety valve by letting you cast Nethergoyf from your graveyard for its escape cost and exiling other cards from your graveyard that contribute to the card type count. This design keeps Nethergoyf relevant beyond its first appearance, enabling recursions that threaten again as the graveyard fills with a mix of spells, creatures, artifacts, and more. In Modern Horizons 3 the card sits well within graveyard oriented strategies, offering a practical payoff for multi type recurrences and a reliable clock once enough variety is in the graveyard.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost – {2}{B}{G}
- Card Type – Creature
- Subtypes – Lhurgoyf
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Nethergoyf's power is equal to the number of card types among cards in your graveyard and its toughness is equal to that number plus 1. Escape — 2 {B}{G}, Exile any number of other cards from your graveyard with four or more card types among them. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)
- Power / Toughness – 1/1
