---
name: "Infected Defector"
mana_cost: "{4}{W}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Knight"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Incubate", "Transform"]
set: "MOM"
set_name: "March of the Machine"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nino Vecia"
oracle_id: "cff8dd65-e531-4496-aa49-e8d4350b9620"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infected-defector-mom"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Infected Defector
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{W}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Knight
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Incubate, Transform

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, incubate 3. (Create an Incubator token with three +1/+1 counters on it and "{2}: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

> *Las tormentas de diamantes de Gobakhan frenaron el progreso de Pirexia hasta que reclutaron a algunos magoescudos del lugar.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Norn's Inquisitor](/printing/norns-inquisitor-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Knight
2. [Compleated Huntmaster](/printing/compleated-huntmaster-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Elf Warrior
3. [Converter Beast](/printing/converter-beast-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
4. [Bloated Processor](/printing/bloated-processor-pmom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian
5. [Furnace Gremlin](/printing/furnace-gremlin-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Gremlin
6. [Progenitor Exarch](/printing/progenitor-exarch-mom.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cat Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** March of the Machine (MOM) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nino Vecia
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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