Vraska the Unseen is a gorgon planeswalkers and part of the Golgari guild of Ravnica. She is the first green/black planeswaker, unless you count the flip side of Garruk Relentless, which I don’t.
Vraska’s abilities are interesting, but not that easy to evaluate at a glance. In the right deck she can shine, but simply throwing this card into a random green/black deck is not going to help you.
Vraska the Unseen costs five mana to cast, of which one must be black and one green. She enters the battlefield with five loyalty counters and has three abilities.
The first ability adds a counter, and sets up an effect that lasts until your next turn. If a creature deals damage to Vraska, that creature is destroyed. This is less useful in Grand Melee, where you only have to worry about one attacking player, than in other multiplayer formats, but regardless of how useful it is, this is how to add counters to your new gorgon.
The second ability is powerful, and costs three loyalty counters: destroy target non-land permanent. Useful and powerful, although you can only use it once before you will need to recharge using Vraska’s first ability.
The third ability needs some careful reading and careful thought. For the cost of seven loyalty counters, you put three 1/1 black assassin creature tokens onto the battlefield. These tokens have “whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses the game.” A nice ability, but you’ll need careful preparation to make it work for you.
Verdict: Marginal. Vraska the Unseen will work, but only is a deck specifically designed to take advantage of her unique abilities.
Connections: Like Vraska the Unseen? You may also like [Venser, the Sojourner] [Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas] [Liliana of the Veil]
Don’t like Vraska the Unseen? You may prefer [Elspeth Tirel] [Chandra, the Firebrand] [Jace, Architect of Thought]
