A great card for playing against people who like to grab your cards and read them whenever you play them.
brunsbr103
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(15 votes)
Oh how many times i've chased someone around tapping them over and over again with this card.
mikato1
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
lol at brunsbr's post.
A3Kitsune
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(6 votes)
Wear gloves when playing this card.
supershawn
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
talk about over powered, you don't even gotta end your turn until you've finished forcing your opponent to touch it repeatedly, I think this is the first un- card I've seen that I didn't want.
izzet_guild_mage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Common Courtesy dictates that this card should not be forcefully applied to another player: that is no fun.
OverfiendSurprise
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
nice infinite combo brunsbr :D
zeeaycee
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Can't you just throw this card at your opponent?
Superllama12
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I so wanna play an unglued/unhinged draft, it looks like so much fun
Ferlord
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
Turn 1:land Turn 2:land, Vile Bile. Turn 3: land Turn 4: land, Dark Ritual (sorry, just to make this quicker), Soul Conduit Turn 5: land Turn 6: land, poke vile bile 9 times. Play Soul Conduit's effect. Turn 7: Find the lost teeth from your mouth because you got punched in the face.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
If you play this card and every table in the gaming store hasn't been overturned from you leaping over them to chase down that last----two----damage, then you're playing this card wrong.
This card offers a very convenient way to determine how fast your friends can run.
lemon-guy
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great unless you use sleaves.
Mr.Wimples
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Combos with gloves.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This is why one should always handle Magic cards using a pair of tongs.
Axelle
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Efficient beater in black. Just use gloves to skirt the drawback.
Too bad there aren't any ways to force your opponent to touch the card.
Gcrudaplaneswalker
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
... Which is why you play with card sleeves.
orisiti
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
This ended up winning a game for someone else in a draft i played a while back.
Somebody was stalling with 2 life left, the player next to him (in a different game) handed him the card telling him it was funny.
He didn't agree.
CorkBulb
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Ferlord
"In response to you activating Soul Conduit's ability, *I* poke Vile Bile 9 times"
When my friend played this the first time, he got me with it XD. I'm the kind of annoying person to pick up *every card* played and read it.
Actually, this card isn't bad. 2.5/2.5 for with a work-aroundable drawback isn't bad at all. Just get a stick. I think he should have deathtouch though, fits the flavor!
Layk
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
infinite combo: put gloves on, grab card, keep poking opponent's skin or fingernails with card
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is it legal to throw this at your opponent?
Dabir
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Come prepared: Stalk your opponent beforehand and collect their nail clippings.
CheezyBob
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Important ruling from MaRo: "Can I just (while wearing gloves) poke someone repeatedly with Vile Bile to kill them? No. You have to touch Vile Bile for the damage to happen not have Vile Bile touch you." so picking up this card with gloves on and tapping your opponent with it does not cause them to lose life.
mtg777
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I just rate cards from these sets on how fun they are, this is a solid 5/5.
azure_drake222222
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
{1B} for a 2.5/2.5 is really good, so the "lose life" ability must be a drawback.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Actually, rulings state that if your cards are in sleeves, they count as the cards. So no, sleeves don't mess with the functionality of this card.
slathbog3000
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@dabir: Genius!
Leuitikos
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
When we pick something up, we are not touching the object at all,the electrons of our hand repels against the electrons of the object,electrons pass heat and electricity and it is this that gives us the "illusion" of touch. -Physics Ruling
Drewskithelegend
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So, if I stabbed/bludgeoned/poisoned/suffocated my opponent and then dismembered his corpse (or at the very least, cut off his finger) and then repeatedly put the body parts on this card, provided that there were any skin remaining, what will happen?
I'm guessing with the finger I need only repeatedly tap (literally) this, but if it is a severed finger, is it considered to still be my opponent's skin or is it mine, due to it changing control?
Supposing I put my opponent in a woodchipper and then pour the resulting purée on this card, how much damage will they take? What about if I make nice neat little chunks and drop them skin side down on the card, is it 2 damage for each?
If this is sleeved, will any damage be taken at all? If not, can either player remove it from the sleeve (if so just paint over the clear side and when your opponent pulls it out to look at it they take at least 2 damage)
These questions need answering, can any judges help?
MechaKraken
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Is there any way to cast this without having to wear gloves and not lose 2 life?
I'm thinking that perhaps, while it is on the stack, you hold it above the table, drop it, and then use a token card (or some other object from outside the game) to prop it face-up if it landed on the table face down. Similarly, you can use that same object to tap it when attacking.
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Turn 2:land, Vile Bile.
Turn 3: land
Turn 4: land, Dark Ritual (sorry, just to make this quicker), Soul Conduit
Turn 5: land
Turn 6: land, poke vile bile 9 times. Play Soul Conduit's effect.
Turn 7: Find the lost teeth from your mouth because you got punched in the face.
This card offers a very convenient way to determine how fast your friends can run.
Too bad there aren't any ways to force your opponent to touch the card.
Somebody was stalling with 2 life left, the player next to him (in a different game) handed him the card telling him it was funny.
He didn't agree.
"In response to you activating Soul Conduit's ability, *I* poke Vile Bile 9 times"
Or, just Lightning Bolt, or even more insulting, Gut Shotx2
When my friend played this the first time, he got me with it XD. I'm the kind of annoying person to pick up *every card* played and read it.
Actually, this card isn't bad. 2.5/2.5 for
I'm guessing with the finger I need only repeatedly tap (literally) this, but if it is a severed finger, is it considered to still be my opponent's skin or is it mine, due to it changing control?
Supposing I put my opponent in a woodchipper and then pour the resulting purée on this card, how much damage will they take? What about if I make nice neat little chunks and drop them skin side down on the card, is it 2 damage for each?
If this is sleeved, will any damage be taken at all? If not, can either player remove it from the sleeve (if so just paint over the clear side and when your opponent pulls it out to look at it they take at least 2 damage)
These questions need answering, can any judges help?
I'm thinking that perhaps, while it is on the stack, you hold it above the table, drop it, and then use a token card (or some other object from outside the game) to prop it face-up if it landed on the table face down. Similarly, you can use that same object to tap it when attacking.