---
name: "Banewasp Affliction"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "65"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Dave Allsop"
oracle_id: "c1cb870a-8c1f-435c-b678-e456c4d2d627"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/banewasp-affliction-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Banewasp Affliction
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
When enchanted creature dies, that creature's controller loses life equal to its toughness.

> *La non morte struggente di Grixis terrorizza i sopravvissuti di Vithia, ma la sua fauna è altrettanto spaventosa.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Death Watch](/printing/death-watch-vis.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Dying Wish](/printing/dying-wish-gtc.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Creature Bond](/printing/creature-bond-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Soul Bleed](/printing/soul-bleed-m10.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Withercrown](/printing/withercrown-khm.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Lingering Death](/printing/lingering-death-scg.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #65
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Dave Allsop
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`