Vraska, Betrayal’s Sting
| Planeswalker series | |
|---|---|
| Vraska (gorgon) | |
 V1   | Vraska, Relic Seeker |
 V2 | Vraska, Golgari Queen |
  | Vraska, Betrayal’s Sting |
Vraska, Betrayal’s Sting is a black Compleated Gorgon Planeswalker, introduced after update 6.5.2 and April 2024's Murders at Karlov Manor card set.
She has good health and deck limits. She has one of the highest mana gains in Black with +8; the highest at the time of release. She squeezes in +1s to Green and Red with a low minus to Blue and neutral White.
Her abilities revolve around creature destruction. The third ability, Phyrexian Embrace, works as removal or creature summoning, and it offers high returns if the player is willing to work with it. Its parts tend to work against each other: any reinforced enemy creatures will not immediately be killed by Imminent Death 
, despite the ironic name, and so will not count towards the powerful seizing ability, let alone reinforce any stolen creatures. And in particular, the exiling of creatures is a cost that works against the reinforcing value. Phyrexian Embrace will work extremely well at creating power on Vraska's side if it is used as a source of creatures rather than removal; destruction cards, especially ones that target all creatures, can fill the grave, whereupon Embrace can create large stacks of stolen creatures.
Her Passive Ability also works well with creature destruction, and her second destroys them for you, too, if that ever gets to be a problem. Her first draws the best part of a full hand, and gains mana for creatures, too.
Despite all this destruction, she can be used in "Destroy x or less creature" objectives also, because Imminent Death forces the opponent to destroy their creatures.
Vraska, Relic Seeker, sometimes called V1, is the first of a small number of playable Planeswalkers in MtGPQ which embody Vraska at different points in her life.
Stats
Mana Bonuses: White (0) Blue (-1) Black (+8) Red (+1) Green (+1)
Total Leveling Cost: 79920
Deck Limits at Level 60: 6 Creatures, 7 Spells, 6 Supports
Abilities
Passive Ability - Glistening Death When a creature dies: That card gains the Phyrexianized emblem. When a Phyrexian Creature enters the battlefield under your control: That creature gets +X/+X and gains Deathtouch and First Strike until the beginning of your next turn. X is the number of Creatures with the Phyrexianized emblem in all graveyards.
Ability 1 - Oiled Incubation (Cost 09)
Level 1: Draw a card. The first Creature card in your hand gains the Phyrexian subtype.
Level 2: Draw 2 cards. The first Creature card in your hand gains the Phyrexian subtype.
Level 3: Draw 3 cards. Each Creature card in your hand gains the Phyrexian Subtype.
Level 4: Draw 4 cards. Each Creature card in your hand gains the Phyrexian Subtype. Creature cards in your hand gain X mana. X is the number of creatures with the Phyrexianized emblem in all graveyards.
Ability 2 - Phyresis Touch (Cost 11)
Level 1: Destroy target creature.
Level 2: Destroy target creature. Then: Create a Gold Token.
Level 3: Destroy target creature. Then: Create 3 Gold Tokens.
Level 4: Destroy target creature. Then: Create 6 Gold Tokens.
Ability 3 - For the Glory of Phyrexia! (Cost 20)
Level 1: Create a Phyrexian Embrace Token.
Level 2: Create 2 Phyrexian Embrace Tokens.
Level 3: Create 3 Phyrexian Embrace Tokens.
Level 4: Create 4 Phyrexian Embrace Tokens.
Phyrexian Embrace
Black Token support, 4 Shields, with "When this support enters the board, opposing creatures gain Imminent Death . At the beginning of your turn: Exile the first creature with the Phyrexianized Emblem from your opponent's graveyard. If you do : create a copy of that creature under your control. That copy gains the Phyrexian subtype. Then : Reinforce it X times. X is the number of creatures with the Phyrexianized Emblem in your opponent's graveyard.
Story
"Vraska is a Gorgon planeswalker from Ravnica. By the machinations of Nicol Bolas, the former Golgari Swarm leader was an opponent during the War of the Spark, but due to her relationship with Jace she defected from it and fought against the dragon. Later, in the attempt to thwart the Phyrexian invasion of the multiverse, she was caught by the Phyrexians and was Compleated."
Starting Deck
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