Toski, Bearer of Secrets 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
This spell can't be countered. Indestructible Toski attacks each combat if able. Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
Complete guide
Meet Toski, Bearer of Secrets, the legendary Squirrel that provides relentless card advantage and survival. As a creature that cannot be countered and possesses natural indestructibility, it serves as a reliable engine for any deck focused on aggressive board presence.
A Squirrel that Can't Be Stopped
Toski, Bearer of Secrets has two powerful defensive traits: it cannot be countered by spells or abilities, and it is indestructible. While a spell like Counterspell can target Toski, the counter effect will simply fail to happen when it resolves. Once on the battlefield, lethal damage and 'destroy' effects won't send it to the graveyard, making it a persistent threat that demands specific removal like exile or sacrifice.
Mandatory Combat and Card Draw
Toski has a combat requirement: it must attack each combat if able. If Toski is untapped and does not have summoning sickness, you must declare it as an attacker. However, its most powerful ability is the triggered ability that triggers whenever any creature you control—including Toski itself—deals combat damage to a player. For each creature that connects, you draw a card.
Navigating Restrictions
If there is a cost to attack, such as Propaganda, you are not forced to pay that cost, and therefore Toski would not be able to attack. Furthermore, the card draw ability triggers per creature, not per point of damage. If one creature deals 10 damage, you draw one card; if three creatures deal 1 damage each, you draw three cards.
Interaction examples
Solemn SimulacrumWith both creatures on the field, you move to combat. You attack with both Toski and Solemn Simulacrum. If your opponent does not block, both creatures deal combat damage to the player. Toski's ability triggers twice. You draw one card for the Golem's damage and one card for Toski's damage, totaling two cards drawn from the combat phase.
Eternal WitnessYou play Eternal Witness to return a key card from your graveyard to your hand. During combat, you attack with both. If only the Eternal Witness deals combat damage to the player, Toski's ability triggers once. You draw a card, effectively replacing the resource you just spent while maintaining board pressure with your indestructible Squirrel.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A spell or ability that counters spells can still target Toski. When that spell or ability resolves, Toski won't be countered, but any additional effects of that spell or ability will still happen.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If Toski can't attack for some reason (such as being tapped or having come under that player's control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having it attack, you aren't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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