Gore Vassal
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Mirrodin BesiegedMBS · #7
- Card type
- Creature — Phyrexian Dog
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.14 € · ★ 0.32 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.20 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 1
- Colour
- White
Card text
Sacrifice this creature: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. Then if that creature's toughness is 1 or greater, regenerate it.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Matt Cavotta
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2011-02-04
Flavour text
"Rid them of their unfaithful organs. Bring new hearts to the unbelievers." —*Tome of Machines*, verse 1703
Rulings
Let’s say you activate Gore Vassal’s ability targeting a creature with 3 toughness and 2 damage marked on it. The regeneration shield will be created just before the creature is destroyed for having damage marked on it equal to or greater than its toughness. The creature will then regenerate. That is, all damage will be removed from it and it will become tapped; any counters on the creature, including the -1/-1 counter put on by this ability, remain.
The regeneration shield will last until the turn ends or until it’s used.
You can activate Gore Vassal’s ability targeting itself, but it won’t get a -1/-1 counter or regenerate because it’ll be an illegal target when the ability resolves.