Gnawing Vermin is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
When this creature enters, target player mills two cards. When this creature dies, target creature you don't control gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
How it works : Gnawing Vermin
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
No additional ruling has been published for this card.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
#1
Gnawing Vermin + Underworld Breach + Phyrexian Altar + Panharmonicon
Infinite self-millNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Gnawing Vermin, adding
.
- 2Gnawing Vermin dies, triggering its second ability, causing target creature you don't control to get -1/-1 until end of turn.
- 3Cast Gnawing Vermin from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying
and exiling three other cards from your graveyard.
- 4Gnawing Vermin enters the battlefield, triggering its first ability twice, causing you to mill four cards.
- 5Repeat.
#2
Gnawing Vermin + Underworld Breach + Phyrexian Altar + Yarok, the Desecrated
Infinite self-millNear-infinite death triggersNear-infinite creature ETBNear-infinite creature LTB
- 1Activate Phyrexian Altar by sacrificing Gnawing Vermin, adding
.
- 2Gnawing Vermin dies, triggering its second ability, causing target creature you don't control to get -1/-1 until end of turn.
- 3Cast Gnawing Vermin from your graveyard for its escape cost by paying
and exiling three other cards from your graveyard.
- 4Gnawing Vermin enters the battlefield, triggering its first ability twice, causing you to mill four cards.
- 5Repeat.
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Legal formats
historictimelessgladiatorpioneermodernlegacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerbrawlcompetitivebrawldueltlr
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