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Toxic Scorpion

Creature — Scorpion1 generic manaGreen mana

Deathtouch on a small body is a defensive stat that turns any creature into a trade threat, and this design does the obvious next thing: it lends that quality out. The enter trigger grants deathtouch to another creature you already control, which is how a two-drop can quietly upgrade the whole board. Point the trigger at a large attacker and every block becomes a lose-lose for the opponent; point it at a token or a would-be chump and combat math tilts hard in your favor. Because the granted deathtouch lasts only until end of turn, it is a temporary weapon meant to swing one combat step rather than a permanent enchantment. That timing pushes the card toward proactive play: it wants a creature already on the battlefield to make lethal on arrival, which means it rewards a developed board over a topdecked one. As a piece of the ongoing conversation about how to make deathtouch matter beyond one 1/1, it splits the keyword across two bodies at once, doubling the number of profitable blocks and attacks in a single turn. The rate is modest and the effect is fleeting, but the design idea (deathtouch as a transferable resource rather than a fixed trait) is the reason this small green creature earns its slot.

Toxic Scorpion (vow)
VOW · #224common
Pricing
Normal: $0.16
Foil: $0.19
Oracle Text

Rules text

Deathtouch When this creature enters, another target creature you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

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