---
name: "Virulent Silencer"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Robot Assassin"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "EOE"
set_name: "Edge of Eternities"
collector_number: "248"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Kenn Yap"
oracle_id: "7d70a2f4-92cb-40c3-9e5a-f6c57d4a64c2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/virulent-silencer-eoe"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Virulent Silencer
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Robot Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3

## Oracle Text
Whenever a nontoken artifact creature you control deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

> *Nano-infectant: A category-Phi substance, capable of infecting both organics and artificials. Weaponizing it is a war crime.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deadly Poison Sampler](/printing/deadly-poison-sampler-ust.md) — Artifact — Contraption
2. [Suq'Ata Assassin](/printing/suqata-assassin-vis.md) — Creature — Human Assassin
3. [Virulent Sliver](/printing/virulent-sliver-plst.md) — Creature — Sliver
4. [HYDRA Assault Robot](/printing/hydra-assault-robot-msh.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot Villain
5. [Pit Scorpion](/printing/pit-scorpion-4ed.md) — Creature — Scorpion
6. [Sabertooth Cobra](/printing/sabertooth-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Edge of Eternities (EOE) #248
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Kenn Yap
- **Total Printings:** 6 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`