Toski, Bearer of Secrets
Legendary Creature — Squirrel
LegalCard DrawRank #381
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.
1/1
KeywordsIndestructible
Why is this card good?
Toski is one of green's best repeatable card-advantage engines, and the indestructible/uncounterable package makes it remarkably sticky — opponents need exile or bounce to deal with it, which green decks happily ignore.
The payoff scales hard in go-wide strategies. In tokens or +1/+1 counter decks, a single combat step can draw you 5+ cards as each creature connects. It's especially strong with evasion (trample, flying, menace) or anything that makes blocking impossible, turning chip damage into a torrent of cards. Toski is naturally at home in Squirrel tribal (Chatterfang), green tokens, and stompy/aggro lists that don't otherwise refill their hand.
The "attacks each combat if able" clause is the real cost: Toski will throw itself into bad blocks and complicate alpha-strike timing, and it can't sit back on defense.
Don't play it in decks that don't reliably deal combat damage — ramp/control or spellslinger shells get little value. It wants a board that's actually swinging every turn.
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Printings (8)
Played by these commanders
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade100% of 1
Hazel of the Rootbloom100% of 1
Rulings (2)
- 2021-02-05
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.
- 2021-02-05
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.