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Glissa's Retriever

{5}{G}

Creature — Phyrexian Beast

ONCPhyrexia: All Will Be One Commander#56rare
Extended Art
Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
~1 in 31–157
Illustrator
Josu Hernaiz
Found in
Phyrexia All Will Be One Collector Booster Pack · Phyrexia All Will Be One Collector Booster Sample Pack
Printings2EDHREC rank#9,467
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
Haste, toxic 3 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get three poison counters.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Corrupted — When this creature dies, exile it. When you do, return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of opponents who have three or more poison counters.
6/6
HasteToxic
Plays as:
RecursionCorrupted
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Rulings

9 · latest Feb 4, 2023
  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    After Glissa's Retriever has become blocked by a creature with power 3 or greater, reducing the blocking creature's power won't cause Glissa's Retriever to become unblocked.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    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.

  • WotCFeb 4, 2023

    You don't choose a target for Glissa's Retriever's last ability at the time it triggers. Instead, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you exile it. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.