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Nissa, Who Shakes the World

$3.37

Springheart Nantuko

$5.42

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Nissa, Who Shakes the World + Springheart Nantuko

Overview

If you use Nissa, Who Shakes the World’s +1 on a noncreature Forest and Springheart Nantuko is bestowed onto that land, the land becomes a creature with three +1/+1 counters (and gains Nantuko’s +1/+1 while the Aura is attached). When you later get a landfall trigger, Springheart’s landfall ability will trigger (landfall abilities always trigger) and, because the Aura is attached to a creature, you may pay {1}

to create a token that is a copy of that creature (the animated land). Separately, tapping that Forest for mana will produce {G}

and immediately cause Nissa’s triggered mana ability to add an additional {G}

(triggered mana ability behavior). [2024-11-08] [2019-05-03]

Step 1

You activate Nissa’s +1 ability and target a noncreature land you control (for example, a Forest); the ability resolves and puts three +1/+1 counters on that land, untaps it, and makes it a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that’s still a land — that continuous effect lasts indefinitely unless changed by another effect [2019-05-03] .

Step 2

If Springheart Nantuko is bestowed on that land (it entered earlier as an Aura via bestow) it is attached to that land creature as an Aura; as an attached Aura it is not itself a creature, but it still exists as a permanent (an Aura) on the battlefield [2024-06-07].

Step 3

Because the land now has three +1/+1 counters and is enchanted by Nantuko’s +1/+1 effect, its power and toughness are calculated applying type-change (becoming a creature) and then modifiers/counters per the layers rules — it will have those counters and the +1/+1 bonus from the Aura applied together when determining its P/T .

Step 4

When you tap that Forest for mana, the Forest’s intrinsic ability produces {G}

; Nissa’s triggered ability (“Whenever you tap a Forest for mana, add an additional {G}

.”) is a triggered mana ability that resolves immediately after the mana ability and adds an extra {G}

without going on the stack .

Step 5

When any land enters the battlefield under your control, Springheart’s landfall ability (on the Aura permanent) triggers, because landfall abilities on permanents you control all trigger when a land enters and you may order those triggers [2024-11-08].

Step 6

When Springheart’s triggered ability resolves, it checks its conditional text: if this permanent (the Aura) is attached to a creature you control you may pay {1}

. If you do, the ability creates a token that is a copy of that creature (the enchanted land); if you don’t pay (or the Aura is not attached to a creature when the ability resolves), you create a 1/1 green Insect token instead.

Step 7

If at any later time the animated land ceases to be a creature while Springheart is attached as an Aura (for example some effect removes the land’s creature status), that Aura would be attached to an illegal object and be put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action .

Resolution

1) Nissa’s +1 can target a noncreature land (including a Forest), put three +1/+1 counters on it, untap it, and make it a 0/0 Elemental creature with vigilance and haste that’s still a land; that continuous effect lasts indefinitely unless a later effect changes it [2019-05-03]. 2) If Springheart Nantuko is bestowed onto that land (so it’s an Aura attached to the land creature), Nantuko’s landfall ability still triggers whenever any land enters — landfall abilities trigger for each permanent you control and you may put them on the stack in any order [2024-11-08]. The ability’s conditional text (“if this permanent is attached to a creature you control”) is checked when the ability resolves; if the Aura is attached to the animated land creature you may pay {1}

and, if you do, create a token that’s a copy of that creature. 3) If you tap that Forest for mana, its intrinsic ability produces {G}

and Nissa’s triggered ability (a triggered mana ability) immediately adds an additional {G}

without going on the stack . 4) If the land later stops being a creature while Springheart is attached as an Aura, the Aura becomes attached to an illegal object and is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action .

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