Hemlock Vial
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
When this artifact enters, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
, T, Sacrifice this artifact: Each equipped creature and Equipment you control gains deathtouch until end of turn.
Rulings
One official ruling, as Wizards published it.
- 2024-07-05
The set of creatures that gain deathtouch is determined as Hemlock Vial’s last ability resolves. Creatures you control that become equipped later in the turn won’t gain deathtouch, even if the Equipment that becomes attached to them has deathtouch.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Hemlock Vial, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezio Auditore da Firenze | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Five-Color 1 deck
Every version of Hemlock Vial
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them.

Etched
- Etched
- $0.38

- Normal
- $0.16
- Foil
- $0.19
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Hemlock Vial. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.