Pestilent Syphoner
Creature β Phyrexian Insect
Pestilent Syphoner
Creature β Phyrexian Insect
Card Text
Flying
Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- Power / Toughness
- 1 / 1
- EDHREC Rank
- #6,087
Format Legalities
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Price History (30d)
All Printings (8)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | en | Brian Valeza | $0.10 | $0.17 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | de | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | es | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | fr | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | it | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | ja | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | pt | Brian Valeza | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) | #103 | common | zhs | Brian Valeza | β | β |
Official Rulings (7)
Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.
Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.
A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.
Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.
Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.
If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.
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