---
name: "Festering Wound"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "UDS"
set_name: "Urza's Destiny"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Chippy & Matthew D. Wilson"
oracle_id: "32638d03-c101-42f0-8a4b-8c6290257a28"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/festering-wound-uds"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on this Aura.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on this Aura.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyresis](/printing/phyresis-mbs.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Glistening Oil](/printing/glistening-oil-nph.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Corrupted Conscience](/printing/corrupted-conscience-plst.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Traveling Plague](/printing/traveling-plague-ody.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Parasitic Bond](/printing/parasitic-bond-usg.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Sporogenic Infection](/printing/sporogenic-infection-dsk.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Destiny (UDS) #61
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Chippy & Matthew D. Wilson
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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