Saskia the Unyieldingfoil how does the ability work with poison during combat?

Asked by sub413 1 month ago

Will this only do extra damage or more poison? an example of how this plays out would be helpful as well.

Rhadamanthus says... Accepted answer #1

It depends on exactly how the creature dealing the damage gives its poison counters:

  • The "Infect" ability (Glistener Elf) will give poison counters for any kind of damage, as will some older cards like Marsh Viper, so they will give extra poison from Saskia's ability
  • The "Toxic" (Skrelv, Defector Mite) and "Poisonous" (Virulent Sliver) abilities only give poison counters for combat damage, specifically, but the extra damage dealt by Saskia's ability doesn't count as combat damage, so they won't give additional poison
  • Some older cards like Crypt Cobra aren't damage-based at all for how they give poison, so they definitely don't do anything extra here.
September 19, 2025 4:39 p.m.

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