MScore: 7.2/10

Virulent Silencer

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Artifact Creature — Robot Assassinuncommon

Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

Nano-infectant: A category-Phi substance, capable of infecting both organics and artificials. Weaponizing it is a war crime.

2/3

Illustrated by Kenn Yap · Edge of Eternities · #248

Rulings for Virulent Silencer

2025-07-25
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.

Format Legality

Duellegal

Brawllegal

Pennynot legal

Predhnot legal

Futurelegal

Legacylegal

Modernlegal

Paupernot legal

Alchemylegal

Pioneerlegal

Vintagelegal

Historiclegal

Standardlegal

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