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Merchant of Venom
USD $0.46
EUR €0.39
MTGO 0.99 tix

Merchant of Venom

{3}{B}

Creature — Cat Warlock

Menace

When this creature enters, each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

Whenever a player sacrifices a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

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Menace
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC #76)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
4
Released
2026-04-24
Artist
Diana Franco
EDHREC rank
#11,321
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

1 +
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.00
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 4

Animation Module+Ashnod's Altar+Merchant of Venom
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggers
Animation Module+Phyrexian Altar+Merchant of Venom
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Animation Module+Thermopod+Merchant of Venom
{B}{R}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite death triggers
Animation Module+Krark-Clan Ironworks+Merchant of Venom
{B}
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creatureInfinite artifact tokensInfinite colorless manaInfinite creature ETBInfinite creature LTBInfinite creature sacrifice triggersInfinite creature tokensInfinite death triggers

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2026-03-20

    When Merchant of Venom's second ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is chooses which creature they're going to sacrifice, then each other player in turn order does the same. Players will know the choices of previous players when making their choices. Then all chosen creatures are sacrificed by their controllers simultaneously.

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