Glissa's Retriever

Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #18 · Rare · Creature — Phyrexian Beast

Mana cost: {5}{G}

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.

Power/toughness 6/6 · Illustrated by Josu Hernaiz · Released February 10, 2023

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.08 USD (11.8%) to $0.76 USD; low $0.65 USD, high $0.76 USD.

Printings

  1. Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander #18 (this printing) · Rare · 2023 · $0.76 USD
  2. Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander #56 (ONC) · Rare · 2023 · $0.43 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  2. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  3. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  4. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  5. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  6. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  7. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  8. 2023-02-04 · wotc — 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.
  9. 2023-02-04 · wotc — Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.

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