Poisoner's Apprentice
Mana cost
Mana value3TypeCreature — Orc Warlock
Color identity
Black
RarityUncommon
SetSecrets of Strixhaven (SOS)
ArtistKieran Yanner
Price€0.05 · foil €0.08 · $0.16
About this card
Poisoner's Apprentice is a creature card in Magic: The Gathering with mana value 3 (color identity: black). Printed in Secrets of Strixhaven (2026). Role in Commander: removal. Legal in Commander, Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Vintage. Cardmarket price: €0.05.
Poisoner's Apprentice 

Creature — Orc Warlock
Infusion — When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -4/-4 until end of turn if you gained life this turn.
"Does this taste like hemlock to you?"
2/2
Name in each language
FrançaisApprentie de l'empoisonneurEnglishPoisoner's ApprenticeEspañolAprendiz del envenenadorDeutschLehrling des GiftmischersItalianoApprendista dell'Avvelenatore日本語毒殺者の弟子
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardLegalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2026-03-20
The infusion ability will trigger when Poisoner's Apprentice enters regardless of whether you've gained life this turn, and you'll choose a target. As that ability resolves, it will check to see if you've gained life this turn. If you have, the target creature will get -4/-4 until end of turn.











