Viashino Fangtail
Creature — Lizard Warrior
: This creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #23078
Viashino Fangtail enters the battlefield and immediately pings any target for 1 damage, then does it again on each subsequent attack — repeatable, incremental pressure stapled to a 2/3 body for four mana. The rate is too slow and too low-impact for competitive tables; this is a bulk common that earns its slot only in the most forgiving casual environments.
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, Viashino Fangtail is outclassed by nearly every ping effect at this mana cost — four mana for one damage per combat round doesn't advance a board state fast enough at a 100-card table with three opponents. Pauper is the most hospitable home, where the card pool is shallow enough that a repeatable ETB-plus-attack trigger on a common body carries marginal value in aggressive red lists. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card sees zero play in either format. In Oathbreaker, the same Commander-style critique applies — four mana is a steep ask for this output.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Viashino Fangtail is deep bulk — the kind of card that rounds out a trade binder rather than gets sought out. There is no meaningful price floor to hold; copies will stay at or below this range indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.