Pith Driller
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This printing
SetNPH
Collector #69
Released2011-05-13
Raritycommon
ArtistNils Hamm
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Pith Driller

CommonColour IDMV 5
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
( can be paid with either or 2 life.)
When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
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Card capabilities
ArtifactCreature
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (6)
wotc1 Jun 2011
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.