Viral Drake of New Phyrexia

Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

NPH · EN Lars Grant-West
2011-05-13

standard
future
historic
timeless
gladiator
pioneer
explorer
modern
legacy pauper
vintage penny
commander oathbreaker
standardbrawl
brawl
alchemy
paupercommander
duel oldschool
premodern
predh
usdeurfoiltix
6.5918.582.730.03
EDHREC
Rareza Tipo Color Cmc L/T
Creature — Phyrexian Drake 4 1/4
Foil Nonfoil Promo Fecha
2011-05-13
Booster Digital Oversized Reserved
Paper Mtgo Digital Astral Sega
Keywords
Set Name Set Code Set Type
New Phyrexia NPH EXPANSION
release: setsize: 175 totalsetsize: 175
onlyFoil: no onlyNonFoil: no
Nombre ID
BORDER COLOR BLACK
FRAME 2003
Date Source Comment
04-02-2023 wotc Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
04-02-2023 wotc If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
04-02-2023 wotc If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
04-02-2023 wotc You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
04-02-2023 wotc An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
04-02-2023 wotc To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.