---
name: "Defile"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "2562"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Pig Hands & Scott Okumura"
oracle_id: "49dddec0-d958-4810-8c6e-225fc8118c8f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/defile-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Defile
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mutilate](/printing/mutilate-gvl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Hell Swarm](/printing/hell-swarm-leg.md) — Instant
3. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant
4. [Quag Sickness](/printing/quag-sickness-m11.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Desert's Due](/printing/deserts-due-otj.md) — Instant
6. [Consuming Corruption](/printing/consuming-corruption-mh3.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2562
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Pig Hands & Scott Okumura
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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