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Crawling Chorus, art by Michael Walsh
Art by Michael Walsh · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · image via Scryfall
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Crawling Chorus

{W} · Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poison counter.) When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This token can't block."

Rulings (7)

Feb 4, 2023 · Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.

Feb 4, 2023 · Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.

Feb 4, 2023 · A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.

Feb 4, 2023 · Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.

Feb 4, 2023 · Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.

Feb 4, 2023 · If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.

Feb 4, 2023 · Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
ModernLegal
PioneerLegal
StandardNot legal
PauperLegal
PremodernNot legal
cEDHLegal

Where it’s played now

Inclusion by archetype · cEDH

% of archetype's lists running it · last 30 days · n=1 decks
ArchetypeFormatInclusionCopiesDecks (n)
Winota, Joiner of ForcescEDH100%1
Data as of Jun 15, 2026 · MTGO + papercasthaven.com

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Crawling Chorus — price trend

Daily cheapest printing · USD · last 90 days · n=3 snapshots
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