Mite Overseer 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.
Official card text
First strike During your turn, creature tokens you control get +1/+0 and have first strike.: Create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." (Players dealt combat damage by it also get a poison counter.
can be paid with either
or 2 life.)
How it works : Mite Overseer
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If a creature loses first strike after dealing combat damage in the first combat damage step, it won't deal damage in the second combat damage step unless it has double strike.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
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.
Card named in this ruling
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
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.
Card named in this ruling
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
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.
Card named in this ruling
- #6· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #7· Wizards of the Coast
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.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #8· Wizards of the Coast
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.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Mite Overseer + Ashnod's Altar + Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim + Stridehangar Automaton
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating two creature tokens.
- 2When the creature tokens enter the battlefield, Elas il-Kor's first ability triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding
.
- 4When the creature tokens die, Elas il-Kor's second ability triggers, causing each opponent to lose 2 life.
- 5Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Ashnod's Altar + Suture Priest + Stridehangar Automaton
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating two creature tokens.
- 2When the creature tokens enter the battlefield, Suture Priest triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Ashnod's Altar + Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim + Chatterfang, Squirrel General
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating two creature tokens.
- 2When the creature tokens enter the battlefield, Elas il-Kor's first ability triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding
.
- 4When the creature tokens die, Elas il-Kor's second ability triggers, causing each opponent to lose 2 life.
- 5Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Suture Priest + Stridehangar Automaton
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating a 1/1 Thopter and a 1/1 Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token.
- 2When the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter enter, Suture Priest triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Ashnod's Altar + Queen Allenal of Ruadach + Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating two creature tokens.
- 2When the creature tokens enter the battlefield, Trostani triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim + Stridehangar Automaton
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating a 1/1 Thopter and a 1/1 Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token.
- 2When the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter enter, Elas il-Kor's first ability triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter, adding
.
- 4When the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter die, Elas il-Kor's second ability triggers twice, causing each opponent to lose 2 life.
- 5Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Ashnod's Altar + Soul Warden + Stridehangar Automaton
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating two creature tokens.
- 2When the creature tokens enter the battlefield, Soul Warden triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Ashnod's Altar twice by sacrificing the creature tokens, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
Mite Overseer + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Stridehangar Automaton + Haliya, Guided by Light
- 1Activate Mite Overseer by paying
, creating a 1/1 Thopter and a 1/1 Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token.
- 2When the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter enter the battlefield, Haliya triggers twice, causing you to gain 2 life.
- 3Activate Krark-Clan Ironworks twice by sacrificing the Phyrexian Mite and Thopter, adding
.
- 4Repeat.
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