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Duelist of Deep Faith

Card Name

Duelist of Deep Faith

Mana Cost

1

Type

Creature – Phyrexian Soldier

Rarity

Common

rules Text

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.)As long as it's your turn, Duelist of Deep Faith has first strike.

Flavor Text

"There is no hate behind our blades. We kill out of love, and the desire to share Norn's blessings with all."

Legal Formats

Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy

Rulings

(2/4/2023)
A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.
(2/4/2023)
Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.
(2/4/2023)
Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
(2/4/2023)
If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.
(2/4/2023)
Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.
(2/4/2023)
Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.
(2/4/2023)
Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.