Vraska, the Silencer
Legendary Creature — Gorgon Assassin
Deathtouch
Whenever a nontoken creature an opponent controls dies, you may pay . If you do, return that card to the battlefield tapped under your control. It's a Treasure artifact with "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color," and it loses all other card types.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #5456
Vraska, the Silencer turns every opponent's creature death into a Treasure and a silenced player — opponents who lose a creature lose their ability to cast noncreature spells until their next turn, which punishes interaction at instant speed and shuts down combo responses on the spot. The four-mana cost is steep for a planeswalker with no immediate board protection, but the enter-the-battlefield trigger on Aphelia, Viper Whisperer makes the pairing so consistent that this is the engine, not a support piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer is the home for Vraska, the Silencer by a wide margin — Aphelia cares about Treasures and snake tokens, and Vraska reliably generates both while locking out opponents who lose creatures, which is exactly the tempo Aphelia wants to exploit.

Ezio Auditore da Firenze
Ezio Auditore da Firenze rewards killing creatures and punishes opponents for having them, so Vraska, the Silencer slotting into that kill-to-silence loop gives Ezio a soft lock every time a creature trades in combat.

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh runs a Treasure-generating engine where every additional source compounds the mana advantage, and Vraska, the Silencer contributes to that accumulation while applying meaningful pressure any turn an opponent loses a creature.

Damia, Sage of Stone
Damia, Sage of Stone plays a grindy Sultai value game where controlling what opponents can do at each point in a turn matters, and Vraska, the Silencer's silence trigger gives Damia decks an extra axis of disruption that pairs naturally with hand-refilling recursion.

Glissa Sunslayer
Glissa Sunslayer already punishes opponents for having permanents die, and Vraska, the Silencer extends that punishment by removing opponents' ability to respond with noncreature spells in the window right after a creature dies — keeping the interaction one-sided.
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 |
In Commander, Vraska, the Silencer is a legitimate threat rather than a fringe inclusion — the silence trigger scales with the number of opponents, meaning a single combat step can lock two or three players out of instant-speed interaction simultaneously. Constructed formats tell a different story: in Standard, Pioneer, and Modern the four-mana cost puts it in competition with planeswalkers that either protect themselves or threaten an immediate win, and Vraska's silence trigger, while powerful, doesn't close games fast enough to earn consistent mainboard slots. Legacy and Vintage have enough fast mana and cheap interaction that a four-mana planeswalker with no loyalty-based removal ability is too slow to matter. Oathbreaker is where Vraska, the Silencer could find a second competitive home — as the oathbreaker itself, the silence trigger applies political pressure every single turn cycle, and the Treasure generation turns into a legitimate mana engine.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.