Nighthowler Price
8 printings · 8 sets · first printed 2013
Nighthowler has been printed 8 times across 8 sets, first in 2013 and most recently in 2024. Right now the cheapest printing is Commander 2015 #129 at $0.23, while the most expensive is Theros Promos #98 at $6.90 — about 30× more. The median across 6 priced printings is $0.31. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 8x, including dedicated reprint sets like Pioneer Masters, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate.
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Every Nighthowler Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commander 2015 #129 (R) Cheapest | 2015 | $0.23 | $0.09 |
| Zendikar Rising Commander #49 (R) | 2020 | $0.27 | $0.04 |
| The List #C15-129 (R) | 2019 | $0.28 | — |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate #764 (R) | 2022 | $0.34 | $0.04 |
| Theros #98 (R) | 2013 | $0.36 | $0.08 |
| Theros Promos #98 (R) Foil | 2013 | $6.90 | $3.20 foil |
| Pioneer Masters #98 (U) | 2024 | — | — |
| Magic Online Promos #50122 (R) Foil | 2014 | — | — |
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(If you cast this card for its bestow cost, it's an Aura spell with enchant creature. It becomes a creature again if it's not attached.)This creature and enchanted creature each get +X/+X, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 8 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsOn the stack, a spell with bestow is either a creature spell or an Aura spell. It's never both, although it's an enchantment spell in either case.
Nighthowler's last ability functions only from the battlefield. In other zones, Nighthowler is a 0/0 enchantment creature.
Unlike other Aura spells, an Aura spell with bestow isn't countered if its target is illegal as it begins to resolve. Rather, the effect making it an Aura spell ends, it loses enchant creature, it returns to being an enchantment creature spell, and it resolves and enters the battlefield as an enchantment creature.
If a permanent with bestow enters the battlefield by any method other than being cast, it will be an enchantment creature. You can't choose to pay the bestow cost and have it become an Aura.
Unlike other Auras, an Aura with bestow isn't put into its owner's graveyard if it becomes unattached. Rather, the effect making it an Aura ends, it loses enchant creature, and it remains on the battlefield as an enchantment creature. It can attack (and its 
abilities can be activated, if it has any) on the turn it becomes unattached if it's been under your control continuously, even as an Aura, since your most recent turn began.
Auras attached to a creature don't become tapped when the creature becomes tapped. Except in some rare cases, an Aura with bestow remains untapped when it becomes unattached and becomes a creature.