Melira, Sylvok Outcast

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Melira, Sylvok Outcast: Legendary Creature - Human Scout, New Phyrexia. You can't get poison counters. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Scout
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
New Phyrexia (NPH)
Released
2011-05-13
Collector number
115
Artist
Min Yum
Commander rank
11,161 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Melira, Sylvok Outcast

Melira, Sylvok Outcast is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare green legendary creature from New Phyrexia (NPH), an expansion set released in May 2011. It is collector number 115 in that set, with art by Min Yum. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. New Phyrexia is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.03 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

You can't get poison counters.

Creatures you control can't have -1/-1 counters put on them.

Creatures your opponents control lose infect.

Once a pariah, now Mirrodin's greatest hope.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.03 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Melira, Sylvok Outcast by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Melira, Sylvok Outcast, newest first.

  • Melira doesn't remove any poison counters you already have or any -1/-1 counters already on creatures you control.
  • It's possible for a creature an opponent controls to gain infect after Melira enters. For example, your opponent could cast Glistening Oil on a creature, and then Melira's ability and Glistening Oil's ability would be applied in timestamp order, with the most recent effect winning. The damage dealt to you by such a creature won't result in you losing life (because the creature has infect) or in you getting poison counters (because Melira stops them). Similarly, damage dealt to a creature you control by such a creature won't result in damage being marked on the creature or in -1/-1 counters. However, abilities that check whether damage was dealt (such as lifelink or Whispering Specter's triggered ability) will still see that damage.
  • Damage dealt to planeswalkers you control causes loyalty counters to be removed from them, regardless of whether Melira is on the battlefield.
  • If a creature with infect enters under an opponent's control after Melira enters, that creature loses infect.

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