Vraska Joins Up
Legendary Enchantment
When Vraska Joins Up enters, put a deathtouch counter on each creature you control.
Whenever a legendary creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
- Price
- $0.52
- EDHREC rank
- #2449
Vraska Joins Up enters and immediately staples a deathtouch-and-whenever-a-creature-dies trigger onto any legendary creature you control — that's a meaningful combat and value upgrade bolted onto a single four-mana enchantment. It's a role-player, not a headliner, and Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh decks running sacrifice engines are the clearest home for it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh wants every creature dying to generate value, and Vraska Joins Up turns each sacrifice into an additional scry-and-draw trigger stapled to Cleopatra herself — the two cards form a tight engine without any extra infrastructure.
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful is already stacking counters on legendary creatures, and Vraska Joins Up adds deathtouch to whichever legendary is on board, making every combat trade lethal and every death a value event.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave accumulates counters through the graveyard zone and keeps them even after dying, so Vraska Joins Up's death trigger extending Skullbriar's reach on each recurrence compounds the counter-stacking quickly.
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Kethis, the Hidden Hand reduces costs on legendary permanents and recurs them from the graveyard, which means Vraska Joins Up — itself a legendary enchantment — becomes cheaper to recast and feeds Kethis's graveyard-as-resource game plan.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer rewards opponents' creatures dying with Treasure production, and Vraska Joins Up doubles down on that death-matters axis by triggering off every creature that hits the bin, friendly or otherwise.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Vraska Joins Up consistently earns its slot — the legendary requirement on the ability lines up naturally in a format where your commander is always available as the target. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard, the four-mana cost and conditional text make it too slow and narrow against interactive decks that answer the enchantment before it generates meaningful returns. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient value engines, so Vraska Joins Up sees essentially no play there. Oathbreaker is worth a mention: your oathbreaker is always a legendary permanent in play, which makes Vraska Joins Up a reliable way to grant deathtouch and turn your planeswalker into a death-trigger engine — a legitimate inclusion in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.52 bulk tier
At $0.52, Vraska Joins Up sits firmly in bulk territory, which means the barrier to picking it up is near zero. Bulk enchantments with niche-but-real Commander applications tend to stay cheap, so buy it for the deck that wants it rather than speculating on a spike.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
- Kethis, the Hidden Hand
- Vraska, the Silencer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.