Vexing Radgull
Mana Cost:
Type: Creature — Bird Mutant
Oracle Text:
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two rad counters if they don't have any rad counters. Otherwise, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Power/Toughness: 1/2
Rarity: uncommon
Prints: View all prints (1) →
Expansion: Fallout
Price ( USD): $0.33
USD: $0.33 · EUR: €0.24
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Character Background
Vexing Radgull is a textbook tempo/value piece: a cheap, evasive 1/2 flyer that doesn’t just chip life but seeds and then accelerates “rad” counters, turning a single unblockable hit into a long-term axis of advantage. The first time it threads damage to a player it slaps down two rad counters; subsequent hits effectively become proliferate to escalate whatever counters matter on the board — opponents, your planeswalkers, or artifact charge counters. That makes it ideal in a tempo shell that wants early pressure and a late-game engine; pair it with card-drawing auras like Curiosity or Aqueous Form to reward each successful strike, and with colorless proliferate tools (Contagion Clasp/Engine, Karn’s Bastion) or a green splash for Evolution Sage to turn those two initial counters into a lethal clock or rapid loyalty erosion. Build with cheap removal and additional evasive one-drops so Radgull can reliably connect; its power comes from being both a threat and a persistent proliferate trigger rather than raw combat stats.
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