---
name: "Grim Affliction"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Proliferate"]
set: "MM2"
set_name: "Modern Masters 2015"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Erica Yang"
oracle_id: "411ba1a2-30bb-4618-b874-6be0d996f07d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/grim-affliction-mm2"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Grim Affliction
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Proliferate

## Oracle Text
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

> *就连小伤口也会让希望流干。*

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6. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Masters 2015 (MM2) #84
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Erica Yang
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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