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Vraska, the Silencer

Vraska, the Silencer

Legendary Creature — Gorgon Assassin

Vraska wants a deck that sacrifices its own creatures to drain opponents' life. It also works in a deck built around Assassins or Gorgons.

  • Mana cost1 genericblackgreen
  • Black, Green ()
  • Power / toughness3 / 3
  • RarityMythic

Deathtouch

Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay 1 generic. If you do, return that card to the battlefield tapped under your control. It's a Treasure artifact with "tap, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color," and it loses all other card types.

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Archetypes

Cards That Fit Vraska, the Silencer

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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Rulings for Vraska, the Silencer

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 12 Apr 2024

The returned card will lose any other subtypes and card types and will be only a Treasure artifact. It will retain its supertypes as well as its abilities.

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.AristocratsAristocrats decks sacrifice their own creatures on purpose and profit every time one dies, often by draining life from each opponent. A sacrifice outlet, a card that lets you sacrifice whenever you like, decides when that happens.Open the Aristocrats pageDeath TriggerTriggers when a creature dies, whether it is this creature, one of yours or an opponent's. These are the cards that pay you in an Aristocrats deck: something else makes creatures die, and these decide what you get each time. Blood Artist, Solemn SimulacrumOpen the Death Trigger pageSelf-SacrificeSacrifices itself as part of its own ability, trading the permanent away for what it does. Evolving Wilds, Mind StoneOpen the Self-Sacrifice page