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Vraska, the Cutting Glare

Vraska, the Cutting Glare

Legendary Creature — Gorgon Assassin

Vraska wants a deck that plays sturdy creatures that also deal with opponents' cards. It also works in a deck built around Assassins or Gorgons.

  • Mana costblackblackgreen
  • Black, Green ()
  • Power / toughness4 / 4
  • RarityRare

Deathtouch

When Vraska enters, if you control six or more lands, destroy target permanent an opponent controls. They create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "tap, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Vraska, the Cutting Glare

Picked for what they do in Vraska's deck. When two cards do the same job, the one with the lower comes first. All of them fit Vraska's color identity.Mana ValueThe total amount of mana a card costs, all added up. A card costing two generic and one green has a mana value of three. Wizards renamed this from "converted mana cost" in 2021, so older cards and articles may still use the old name.Sol RingOpen the full glossary

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The 6 Cards

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The 6 Cards

Rulings for Vraska, the Cutting Glare

explain how Vraska works in tricky situations. They come from Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic.RulingThe official answer to how a card works in a tricky situation. Most rulings are written by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes Magic, and a few are notes from Scryfall, the card database Magic players use. A ruling explains a card. It does not change what the card says.Open the full glossary

Wizards of the Coast 21 Aug 2026

Vraska's last ability checks at the moment it would trigger to see if you control six or more lands. If you don't, the ability won't trigger at all. If it does trigger, the ability will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't control six or more lands at that time, the ability won't resolve and its effect won't happen.

1 ruling, all written by Wizards of the Coast. Read the originals on Gatherer ↗

Similar Commanders

Commanders that share the most with Vraska, and what they share.

Color identityEvery color of mana symbol on a card, in its cost and in its rules text. Your commander's color identity sets the limit for your whole deck: every other card has to fit inside it. A deck led by a green and white commander cannot play a card with any blue in its color identity.Open the full glossaryBGPlayers write colors as letters: B for black, G for green.MidrangeMidrange decks play solid creatures that also deal with opponents' cards, attacking when it is safe and defending when it is not. They sit in the middle: slower than an all-out attacking deck, sturdier than a deck built to answer everything.Open the Midrange pageValue CreatureA creature that does two jobs: it deals with an opponent's card when it arrives, then stays as a real attacker. Its enter the battlefield ability destroys, damages, counters or bounces something, and it has 3 or more power or an ability like flying that makes it hard to block. Answering your opponent and pressuring them with the same card is what a Midrange deck is built on. Shriekmaw, Meteor GolemOpen the Value Creature pageTarget RemovalRemoves a single chosen permanent by destroying it, exiling it or returning it to its owner's hand, however big it is. It is the precise answer to one problem, as opposed to a board wipe that hits everything. Damage and -X/-X can miss a big creature, so they are Damage Removal and -X/-X Removal instead. Swords to Plowshares, Beast WithinOpen the Target Removal pageTreasureCreates or cares about Treasure tokens: small artifacts you can sacrifice for one mana of any color. Saving them up lets you cast something big early, or feed anything that likes sacrificing artifacts.Open the Treasure page