Venom
An ability that is similar to deathtouch in many older cards is Venom (or Basilisk), named after the card Venom.
Description
The latest rule from Oracle:
- whenever (this creature) blocks or becomes blocked by (opposing creature), destroy (that creature) (at the end of combat)
- whenever (this creature) deals (combat) damage to a creature, destroy (that creature) (at the end of combat)
Venom applies only to combat damage, while deathtouch applies to any damage dealt to a creature. Some creatures with venom only destroy certain colors or types of opposing creatures.
Creatures
White
Black
- Abomination (green or white creature)
- Cruel Deceiver
- Deathgazer (nonblack creature)
- Dinosaur Hunter (Dinosaur)
- Dread Specter (nonblack creature)
- Dripping Dead
- Evil Eye of Urborg
- Gorgon Recluse (nonblack creature)
- Grotesque Hybrid
- Infernal Medusa
- Mephitic Ooze
- Phage the Untouchable
- Phyrexian Reaper (green creature)
- Phyrexian Slayer (white creature)
- Plague Fiend
- Stinkweed Imp
- Toxin Sliver
- Zombie Boa (creature of selected color)
Red
- Ogre Leadfoot (artifact creature)
Green
Multicolor
- Kjeldoran Frostbeast
- Rock Basilisk (non-Wall creature)
- Voracious Cobra
- Vraska the Unseen
Spells
White
- Infinite Authority (creature with toughness 3 or less)
Black
- Liliana's Talent (gives to planeswalkers)
Green
- Venom (non-Wall creature)
- Venomous Fangs
Artifacts
- Acidic Dagger (non-Wall creature)
- Creepy Doll (win the coin flip)
- Dead-Iron Sledge (Destroys both equipped creature and creatures blocked or blocked by equipped creature.)
- Mirror Shield
- Wooden Stake (Vampire)