Pith Driller
Card Information
Type: Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
Mana Cost: 4
CMC: 5
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity: 
Set: New Phyrexia (NPH)
Rarity: Common
Collector Number: 69
Oracle Text
({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life.) When this creature enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- June 1, 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.
Source: wotc - June 1, 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.
Source: wotc - June 1, 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.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
If you're at 1 life or less, you can't pay 2 life.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can't produce Phyrexian mana.
Source: wotc - June 1, 2011
To calculate the mana value of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
Source: wotc
Price History
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