<p><strong>If Drach'Nyen exiles a commander and it is put in the command zone, Drach'Nyen does not give any bonus power, but it does still grant menace.</strong></p>
<p>Drach'Nyen's second ability says</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Equipped creature has menace and gets +X/+0, where X is <strong>the exiled card's</strong> power.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The phrase &quot;the exiled card&quot; can only refer to a card in the exile zone. If the card is not in the exile zone, that part of the ability does not work. This is specified in <a href="https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Linked_abilities" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rule 607.2a</a>:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If an object has an activated or triggered ability printed on it that instructs a player to exile one or more cards and an ability printed on it that refers either to “the exiled cards” or to cards “exiled with [this object],” these abilities are linked. <strong>The second ability refers only to cards in the exile zone that were put there as a result of an instruction to exile them in the first ability.</strong></p>
</blockquote>
<p>Then <a href="https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Numbers_and_symbols" rel="nofollow noreferrer">rule 107.2</a> says</p>
<blockquote>
<p>If anything needs to use a number that can’t be determined, either as a result or in a calculation, it uses 0 instead.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Since the ability can't find the exiled card, it can't determine the power, so it uses 0 instead. The ability still works and still grants menace.</p>

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<p>If <a class="mtg-autocard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drach%27Nyen">Drach&#39;Nyen</a> exiles a commander and it is put into command zone, does it still get bonus power? I think it is the same as with Mimic vat and it only gives menace then?</p>

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If Drach’Nyen exiles a commander and it is put into command zone, does it still get bonus power?
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# If Drach’Nyen exiles a commander and it is put into command zone, does it still get bonus power?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-23)

If [Drach'Nyen](https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drach%27Nyen) exiles a commander and it is put into command zone, does it still get bonus power? I think it is the same as with Mimic vat and it only gives menace then?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-23. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

**If Drach'Nyen exiles a commander and it is put in the command zone, Drach'Nyen does not give any bonus power, but it does still grant menace.**

Drach'Nyen's second ability says

> Equipped creature has menace and gets +X/+0, where X is **the exiled card's** power.

The phrase "the exiled card" can only refer to a card in the exile zone. If the card is not in the exile zone, that part of the ability does not work. This is specified in [rule 607.2a](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Linked_abilities):

> If an object has an activated or triggered ability printed on it that instructs a player to exile one or more cards and an ability printed on it that refers either to “the exiled cards” or to cards “exiled with [this object],” these abilities are linked. **The second ability refers only to cards in the exile zone that were put there as a result of an instruction to exile them in the first ability.**

Then [rule 107.2](https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Numbers_and_symbols) says

> If anything needs to use a number that can’t be determined, either as a result or in a calculation, it uses 0 instead.

Since the ability can't find the exiled card, it can't determine the power, so it uses 0 instead. The ability still works and still grants menace.


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