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Pith Driller

{4}{B/P}

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror

NPHNew Phyrexia#69common
Foil

After boring up through the crust of Mirrodin, it turned its expertise upon the surface dwellers.

Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 519
Illustrator
Nils Hamm
Found in
New Phyrexia MTGO Redemption · New Phyrexia MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings1CombosIn 31
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
2/4

Plays as: Life Outlet

Market · per finishspark updated 11h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+7.1%
$0.15
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.24
$0.15 low$0.07 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.15· across 1 printing

Rulings

6 · latest Jun 1, 2011 · one tap opens all
  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    Pith Driller's ability is mandatory. If it's the only creature on the battlefield when it enters, Pith Driller's ability will target itself.

  • WotCJun 1, 2011

    To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.