Vector Asp
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Snake
: This creature gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scars of Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #17930
Vector Asp is a 1/1 for one mana that does nothing until you pay another mana — at which point it gains infect until end of turn, making every point of damage it deals a poison counter. It's a role-player in dedicated infect builds and a blank in everything else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vector Asp is a fringe inclusion in infect-focused decks, typically helmed by commanders like Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon or Atraxa, Praetors' Voice — it trades efficiency for redundancy when you need your tenth infect creature. In Pauper, infect is a real aggressive archetype and Vector Asp sees occasional play as a one-drop that can threaten poison on any unblocked turn where you have an extra mana open. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly outclassed by faster, unconditional infect threats. Modern infect decks have enough better options that Vector Asp doesn't make the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Vector Asp is firmly bulk — you're buying it for pennies because it fills a narrow slot in infect lists, not because demand is pushing the price up. It's stable at this floor and unlikely to move unless a new infect commander drives a sudden spike in the archetype's popularity.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.