---
name: "Contagion Engine"
mana_cost: "{6}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: ["Proliferate"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "SOM-145"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "482bd55a-ba73-4722-8643-94fa12818515"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/contagion-engine-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Contagion Engine
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Artifact
- **Keywords:** Proliferate

## Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Contagion Clasp](/printing/contagion-clasp-pip.md) — Artifact
2. [Grim Affliction](/printing/grim-affliction-plst.md) — Instant
3. [Surge Conductor](/printing/surge-conductor-eoc.md) — Artifact Creature — Robot
4. [Contagion Dispenser](/printing/contagion-dispenser-yone.md) — Artifact
5. [Filigree Vector](/printing/filigree-vector-moc.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
6. [Spread the Sickness](/printing/spread-the-sickness-mm2.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #SOM-145
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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