Card Spotlight
Vraska, the Cutting Glare
A {B}{B}{G} 4/4 with deathtouch. When it enters, if you control six or more lands, you destroy target permanent an opponent controls, and that opponent creates a Treasure token.
Commander Spotlight
Vraska, the Cutting Glare ↗
A {B}{B}{G} 4/4 with deathtouch. When it enters, if you control six or more lands, you destroy target permanent an opponent controls, and that opponent creates a Treasure token.
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Strategies it goes well with
- Removal on a creature. With six lands it answers any permanent and leaves a 4/4 deathtouch body behind, which counts toward your removal without taking a pure removal slot.
- Recursion loops. Sacrifice it to Viscera Seer and return it with Meren of Clan Nel Toth, and it destroys another permanent each time it enters.
- Ramp to six. Golgari runs plenty of land ramp, and each land from Cultivate brings the six-land condition closer.
How it does in Commander
As the commander
As a Golgari commander it's a cheap deathtouch body that becomes repeatable removal once you have six lands, since each recast from the command zone triggers it again. The Treasure it hands out is a real cost when you repeat it, because each one gives an opponent a burst of mana.
In the 99
In the 99 it's a good fit for most black-green decks: an early blocker that turns into removal later. It's strongest in decks that sacrifice and return creatures.
Formats it's strong in
- Golgari recursion decks. Each time it returns from the graveyard it destroys another permanent, so a recursion engine turns it into repeated removal.
- Land ramp decks. Decks that hit six lands early get the trigger as soon as they cast it.
Formats it's weak in
- Low land-count decks. A deck running few lands may never reach six, and then it's a 4/4 deathtouch creature and nothing more.
- Fast, high-power pods. Giving an opponent a Treasure matters more when one extra mana can enable a combo turn.
Synergistic cards
Meren of Clan Nel Toth ↗
Returns Vraska from your graveyard at your end step once you have three experience counters, and each return is another destroy trigger.
Viscera Seer ↗
A free sacrifice outlet, so Vraska can go to the graveyard on your terms and come back.
Panharmonicon ↗
Makes the enter trigger happen twice, destroying two permanents (each opponent affected gets a Treasure).
Cultivate ↗
Puts one land onto the battlefield and another in hand, getting you to six lands faster.
Is it worth the price?
A Reality Fracture rare, and so far an inexpensive one. The set releases October 2, 2026, so early prices are still settling and may move in either direction in the first weeks.
Frequently asked questions
Does Vraska, the Cutting Glare need six lands to be cast?
No. You can cast it for three mana at any time. The six-land check only applies to the destroy trigger, and because it's written with an if, you need six or more lands both when it enters and when the trigger resolves.
What can Vraska, the Cutting Glare destroy?
Any permanent an opponent controls: a creature, artifact, enchantment, planeswalker, battle or land. The cost is that the opponent gets a Treasure token, which is one mana of any color they can spend once.
Is Vraska, the Cutting Glare good early?
A three-mana 4/4 with deathtouch is a strong blocker on turn three even with no trigger. Later in the game, when you have six lands, it becomes removal on a body.