First printed in Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (2023)
Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Insect
Menace, toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)
When Vishgraz enters, create three 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature tokens with toxic 1 and "This token can't block."
Vishgraz gets +1/+1 for each poison counter your opponents have.
3/3
- Illustrated by
- Andrew Mar
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (8)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The bonus Vishgraz receives due to its last ability may cause it to survive combat damage in some cases. For example, if an attacking Vishgraz is blocked by a 3/3 and another creature with toxic 1 is attacking at the same time and is unblocked, Vishgraz with deal 3 damage, receive 3 damage, and get +1/+1 at exactly the same time. The end result is that it will stay alive and be a 4/4 creature with 3 damage marked on it.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Prices
MTGO price: 2.59 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
29 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Nim Deathmantle + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite colorless mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Ashnod's Altar + Eldrazi Displacer + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite blinking, Infinite colorless mana…: Ashnod's Altar + Emiel the Blessed + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Emiel the Blessed + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite blinking, Infinite colorless mana…: Eldrazi Displacer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite blinking, Infinite colorless mana…: Emiel the Blessed + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite blinking, Infinite creature tokens…: Earthcraft + Emiel the Blessed + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Dross Scorpion + Phyrexian Altar + Vat of Rebirth + Vishgraz, the Doomhive
- Infinite colored mana, Infinite creature tokens…: Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines + Enduring Renewal + Phyrexian Altar + Vishgraz, the Doomhive