Vraska, the Silencer

3cmc 3/3 deathtouch Gorgon that converts opponent creature deaths into taxed Treasure tokens under your control — combining board control (deathtouch discourages attacks), value denial (strips opponent's creature while stranding the card type as a mana rock), and mana acceleration. Signature in aristocrats (punishes sacrifice/death loops) and treasure shells; pairs well with midrange and stax-prison strategies. Narrow in Brawl with one opponent and weaker if the opp runs few creatures.

• The stolen creature becomes a Treasure artifact and loses all other card types — it cannot be recurred with graveyard effects, reanimated, or interacted with as a creature, permanently removing it from the opponent's graveyard-based synergies.

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• The {1} payment is optional per trigger, giving you fine-grained control over which creatures to convert to Treasures versus letting them hit the graveyard (relevant when opponent has graveyard recursion).

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• Vraska's triggered ability only fires on nontoken creatures, so token-heavy opponent boards generate zero value — factor this into matchup evaluation in token-centric metas.

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• EDHREC rank: #5,442