Vraska, Scheming Gorgon
Legendary Planeswalker — Vraska
+2: Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
−3: Destroy target creature.
−10: Until end of turn, creatures you control gain deathtouch and "Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player loses the game."
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15091
Vraska, Scheming Gorgon lands on six mana and immediately threatens a one-hit kill: her minus makes a creature deal lethal damage to any player it touches, and her ultimate ends the game on the spot. The problem is Vraska, the Silencer does everything Vraska, Scheming Gorgon does at a lower cost and with a more relevant static ability, which makes the six-drop a hard sell outside of Planeswalker-tribal or Vraska-themed builds.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer helms Vraska-tribal shells that lean into Planeswalker synergies, and Vraska, Scheming Gorgon fits as a redundant threat that shares the deathtouch-matters theme while adding a game-ending ultimate to the top of the curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vraska, Scheming Gorgon is a fringe inclusion — six mana for a Planeswalker without immediate board protection is a steep ask in a four-player pod, and the deathtouch grant rarely changes combat math enough to justify the slot over cheaper threats. In Oathbreaker, she's a legal signature-spell pairing target but still competes poorly on rate. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are all legal on paper, but no competitive shell has ever wanted a six-mana Planeswalker without a broken enter-the-battlefield effect — she's effectively invisible in those formats. The honest assessment is that Vraska, Scheming Gorgon is a Commander-only card, and even there she's a flavor pick rather than a power pick.
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Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data isn't available for Vraska, Scheming Gorgon, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given her narrow playability — fringe Commander inclusion, unplayed in competitive formats — expect a low singles price typical of bulk Planeswalkers.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.