Viral Drake

Creature — Phyrexian Drake

Flying

Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

{3}{U}: Proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DragonMaster420 on Viral Drake or Tekuthal?

1 month ago

Mortlocke that's not what he asked. and is "compleat" supposed to be a pun? more emphasis on proliferation would include Viral Drake. it proliferates. repeatedly.

Mortlocke on Viral Drake or Tekuthal?

1 month ago

Sorry to spam DragonMaster420, but O think the point here is to recommend or get ideas for replacing Viral Drake altogether. DemonDragonJ is all about the compleat removal of Poison/Infect/Toxic from his deck, and putting more emphasis on counters/proliferation. On that note I must insist on the inclusion of Metastatic Evangel. This little guy has single handedly won me games as I proliferated my cowardly poison counters :)

DragonMaster420 on Viral Drake or Tekuthal?

1 month ago

should probably use both. nothing is forcing you to attack with Viral Drake, and even if the opponent already has poison counters, you don't have to give them another one when you proliferate. a permanent that can proliferate multiple times is exactly what a counters deck wants, as opposed to a one-time effect.

Mortlocke there is a link to the deck.

DemonDragonJ on Viral Drake or Tekuthal?

1 month ago

I very much would like to put a copy of Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus into my Atraxa, Praetors' Voice EDH deck, and I believe that the best card to replace would be Viral Drake, since I severely dislike poison counters because I find them to be a cheap and cowardly way to win the game, but I would like to ask for the opinions of other users here, on this matter, to help me decide what to do.

Tekuthal doubles every instance of proliferation, but cannot proliferate on its own, so would my deck still have a sufficient number of cards that can proliferate, if I make that replacement? Tekuthal also can remove unwanted counters from my permanents, which is very nice, and both creatures are mana sinks, as well, so I do not need to worry about losing a mana sink.

What does everyone else say, about this subject? Should I replace Viral Drake with Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus? I am very eager to receive your feedback, on this subject.

hyalopterouslemur on Mark Rosewater's Commentary on Poison …

3 months ago

And that's the point. I can see niche play, mostly Viral Drake and possibly Fallen Ferromancer. I can see people throwing a card in here or there that can easily get 10. But I can't see infect becoming a competitive subtheme; it's too parasitic.

And old-school poison/toxic has it even worse, since there's no Giant Growth interaction.

hyalopterouslemur on Mark Rosewater's Commentary on Poison …

3 months ago

Oh, I forgot Viral Drake being used for proliferate.

king-saproling on Phyrexian

1 year ago

Personally I would make these swaps:

1x Vat Emergence -> Well of Lost Dreams
Eye of Malcator -> Contentious Plan
Tamiyo's Immobilizer -> Core Prowler
Synthesis Pod -> Ichorclaw Myr
Spy Network -> Vector Asp
Mindstatic -> Plague Myr
Power Taint -> Grim Affliction
Escaped Experiment -> Guildpact Informant
Ambulatory Edifice -> Inexorable Tide
Mindsplice Apparatus -> Necropede
Testament Bearer -> Steady Progress
The Filigree Sylex -> Plague Stinger
Font of Progress -> Throne of Geth
glistener seer -> Viral Drake
Ravenous Necrotitan -> Ichor Rats
Phyrexian Atlas -> Staff of Compleation

leon_bulminot on We're All Friends Here

2 years ago

Okay so couple cards to consider, specifically for planeswalkers.

First off, activating MULTIPLE planeswalker abilities of a single planeswalker in a single turn: The Chain Veil. And if you have Teferi, Temporal Archmage out with Chain Veil, and a few mana producing artifacts and a Proliferate effect from say Viral Drake or something, infinite counters on your walkers. I usually did it with Gilded Lotus, Thran Dynamo and a Sol Ring, with Chain Veil being the fourth untapped artifact. Proliferate with Viral Drake and you negate Temporal Archmage losing counters.

Next up is additional Counters. Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider and Doubling Season. Enough said right? Contagion Engine is a tad expensive to get online but, double proliferate. And if you had a Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus on board, quadruple proliferate for 4 mana. So starting out, with everything on the field, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon enters the battlefield with 28 counters from just from Vorinclex and Doubling season. Add in the quadruple proliferate and it just gets dumb. Generally once Doubling Season hits, you can ult your planeswalkers THAT turn. Also, Nesting Grounds pairs well with Tekuthal to move indestructible counters onto other permanents.

Best five color mana searcher ever that is expensive but at one extra above Migration path, especially since planeswalker decks are more mid game, Shard Convergence is like a mega Expedition Map but in green.

A walker that’s good for searching anything, Liliana Vess.

If you want solid searching combo that also lets you untap artifacts as well as hunt for whatever you want is Tezzeret the Seeker and Mycosynth Lattice. And if you want to shut the game down for a win, so long as you have enough creatures to protect him, Karn, the Great Creator and Mycosynth shuts down ALL opponents mana flow. Wanna blow it up? Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, Kormus Bell, and then some blanket -1 toughness effect.

There are so many ways you can go with walker decks. But those are some things I use and still use.