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Nightmare Moon // Princess Luna
Legendary Creature — Alicorn // Legendary Creature — Alicorn
Flying As long as it's nighttime, Nightmare Moon gets +2/+2 and has menace. {6}: Transform Nightmare Moon. Anypony may activate this ability or help pay the cost. When they do, they become your friend.
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“Transform terror: swing with flying pressure, flip into nightmare fuel.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Commander damage, Combat damage
Reanimator, Aristocrats, Voltron
Strategy
Nightmare Moon // Princess Luna is a transforming creature that rewards you for playing the long game in mono-black. The front side, Nightmare Moon, is a flying threat that pressures opponents while you build toward flipping it into Princess Luna—a more powerful form that likely offers additional payoffs. Your gameplan revolves around controlling the transform trigger (usually tied to a condition like end-of-turn or damage dealt) while filling your deck with recursion, sacrifice outlets, and evasive creatures to protect your commander and keep the pressure on.
The deck thrives on attrition and inevitability. Pack tutors, draw engines, and reanimation spells to ensure you always have threats in play. Use black's excellent creature removal and discard effects to clear blockers and strip answers from opponents' hands. Once Nightmare Moon transforms into Princess Luna, you'll have a more imposing threat that closes out games faster. Include cards that synergize with both forms and maximize the value you extract from your commander's presence on the battlefield.
Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.
Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip pricey tutors like Demonic Tutor; lean on mid-range options like Diabolic Tutor and Beseech the Queen. Use Reassembling Skeleton and Gravecrawler instead of expensive recursion creatures.
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