Viridian Corrupter

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Viridian Corrupter: Creature - Phyrexian Elf Shaman, Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{G}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Phyrexian Elf Shaman
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC)
Released
2023-02-10
Collector number
113
Artist
Matt Cavotta
Commander rank
6,074 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Infect

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About Viridian Corrupter

Viridian Corrupter is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC), a Commander product released in February 2023. It is collector number 113 in that set, with art by Matt Cavotta. It costs {1}{G}{G} (one generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Mirrodin Besieged (2011) to Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.52 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

When this creature enters, destroy target artifact.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.52 (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 Viridian Corrupter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal

Other printings of Viridian Corrupter

Viridian Corrupter has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #56Uncommon2011
Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #94Uncommon2011

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Viridian Corrupter, newest first.

  • If there are no artifacts on the battlefield when Viridian Corrupter enters the battlefield, its enters-the-battlefield does nothing. Viridian Corrupter will simply enter the battlefield.
  • The enters-the-battlefield ability is not optional. You must target an artifact you control if there are no other artifacts on the battlefield.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Viridian Corrupter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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