Glissa's Retriever

Creature — Phyrexian Beast

Illustrated by Josu Hernaiz

EDHREC Rank #9,616

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.

Rulings (9)

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

Feb 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.

Feb 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.

Feb 4, 2023