Etched Slith

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Etched Slith: Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Slith, Modern Horizons 3. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{B}
Mana value
2
Type
Artifact Creature - Phyrexian Slith
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
1/1
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Modern Horizons 3 (MH3)
Released
2024-06-14
Collector number
91
Artist
Allen Williams
Commander rank
17,543 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Menace

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About Etched Slith

Etched Slith is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black artifact creature from Modern Horizons 3 (MH3), a draft-focused set released in June 2024. It is collector number 91 in that set, with art by Allen Williams. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Modern Horizons 3 is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.18 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Menace

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it. When you do, you may remove a counter from another target permanent or opponent.

The inherently adaptive bodies of the slith made them coveted subjects for *compleation*.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.18 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Etched Slith by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Etched Slith, newest first.

  • You don't choose a target for Etched Slith's last ability at the time it triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you put a +1/+1 counter on Etched Slith this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
  • If there's more than one type of counter on the targeted permanent or opponent, Etched Slith's controller chooses which counter to remove.
  • In a case where you put more than one +1/+1 counter on Etched Slith with its last ability (for example, because of the effect of Doubling Season), the reflexive ability will trigger once for each +1/+1 counter you put on it this way.

Similar cards

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