Virulent Silencer is a uncommon Artifact Creature — Robot Assassin from EOE (EOE) costing {3}. Current price: $0.09 USD. Legal in Modern. Legal in Commander. Legal in Standard.
Virulent Silencer
Artifact Creature — Robot Assassin
Card Text
Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)
Nano-infectant: A category-Phi substance, capable of infecting both organics and artificials. Weaponizing it is a war crime.
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Virulent Silencer is a Artifact Creature — Robot Assassin card from the Magic: The Gathering trading card game.
Its ability reads: "Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)"
Virulent Silencer has a mana cost of {3}, which equals 3.0 total mana (converted mana cost/mana value).
It is a colorless card and can be cast with any color of mana.
Mana cost is the amount and type of mana required to cast a spell in Magic: The Gathering.
Virulent Silencer's mana cost of {3} means you need to pay that much mana from your lands or other sources.
Colored symbols (W=White, U=Blue, B=Black, R=Red, G=Green) must be paid with that specific color, while numbers can be paid with any color.
Converted mana cost (now officially called "mana value") is the total amount of mana in a card's mana cost, regardless of color.
Virulent Silencer has a mana value of 3.0. This is important for effects that care about a spell's total cost, like cascade or cards that say "mana value 3 or less."
Oracle text is the official, current rules text for a Magic card as maintained by Wizards of the Coast. It supersedes any printed text on older cards.
Virulent Silencer's current oracle text is: "Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)"
The current market price for Virulent Silencer is approximately $0.09 USD on TCGPlayer.
A foil copy costs approximately $0.34 USD.
On Cardmarket (Europe), it's approximately €0.12 EUR.
You can purchase Virulent Silencer from major MTG retailers including:
- TCGPlayer (USA)
- Card Kingdom (USA)
- Cardmarket (Europe)
Prices vary by condition and printing. Check multiple sellers to find the best price.
Foil cards have a shiny, holographic finish that makes them more collectible. They are functionally identical to normal cards but typically cost more due to their rarity and visual appeal.
Virulent Silencer normal: $0.09 | foil: $0.34
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Standard format.
Standard is a rotating format that only allows cards from the most recent sets.
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Modern format.
Modern includes all cards printed in a standard-legal set from 8th Edition forward.
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Commander (EDH) format.
Commander is a casual multiplayer format where you build a 100-card singleton deck around a legendary creature.
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Pioneer format.
Pioneer is a non-rotating format that includes all standard-legal sets from Return to Ravnica forward.
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Legacy format.
Legacy allows almost all cards ever printed, with a substantial ban list for balance.
Virulent Silencer is Legal in Vintage format.
Vintage is the most permissive format, allowing almost all cards with only a minimal ban list. Some powerful cards are "Restricted" (limited to 1 copy).
Format legality information for Virulent Silencer in Pauper is not available.
Pauper only allows cards that have been printed at common rarity in a paper or online set.
Format legality indicates which official MTG formats allow a card to be played:
- Legal: Card is allowed in the format
- Banned: Card is prohibited from play
- Restricted: Limited to 1 copy (Vintage only)
- Not Legal: Card was never part of that format's card pool
Different formats have different banned lists based on power level and game balance.
This printing of Virulent Silencer is from EOE (EOE), with collector number 248.
Virulent Silencer may also appear in other MTG sets with different art or special treatments.
Virulent Silencer is a uncommon card in EOE.
Card rarity affects both availability and price. From rarest to most common: Mythic Rare → Rare → Uncommon → Common.
Virulent Silencer was illustrated by Kenn Yap.
Magic: The Gathering features artwork from hundreds of talented artists, and many cards have been reprinted with new art over the years.
Virulent Silencer is a 2/3 creature.
Power (2) determines how much combat damage the creature deals. Toughness (3) determines how much damage it can take before being destroyed.
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