Oracle text
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
After boring up through the crust of Mirrodin, it turned its expertise upon the surface dwellers.
Illustrated by Nils Hamm
Released on May 13, 2011
Tags
Legality
- Commander
- Standard
- Modern
- Legacy
- 1v1 Commander
- Alchemy
- Standard Brawl
- Pioneer
- Pauper
- Historic
- Vintage
- Timeless
- Brawl
- Competitive Brawl
- Future
- Gladiator
- Oathbreaker
- Old School
- Pauper Commander
- Penny Dreadful
- PreDH
- Premodern
- Tiny Leaders: Reborn
LegalNot legalBanned / restrictedUnknown
Rulings
Pith Driller's ability is mandatory. If it's the only creature on the battlefield when it enters, Pith Driller's ability will target itself.
As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
31combos
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Ashnod's Altar + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Viscera Seer + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Carrion Feeder + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Blasting Station + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Phyrexian Altar + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Altar of Dementia + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Woe Strider + Pith Driller
Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Bloodflow Connoisseur + Pith Driller