---
name: "Infected Vermin"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Rat"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Threshold"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "144"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Anthony S. Waters"
oracle_id: "448396b8-b691-457a-8569-1282c3fca65a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infected-vermin-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Infected Vermin
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Rat
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1
- **Keywords:** Threshold

## Oracle Text
{2}{B}: This creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.
Threshold — {3}{B}: This creature deals 3 damage to each creature and each player. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Persistent Marshstalker](/printing/persistent-marshstalker-blb.md) — Creature — Rat Berserker
2. [Diseased Vermin](/printing/diseased-vermin-all.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Dirty Wererat](/printing/dirty-wererat-phuk.md) — Creature — Human Rat Minion
4. [Pardic Arsonist](/printing/pardic-arsonist-tor.md) — Creature — Human Barbarian
5. [Cabal Torturer](/printing/cabal-torturer-tor.md) — Creature — Human Minion
6. [Plague of Vermin](/printing/plague-of-vermin-shm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #144
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Anthony S. Waters
- **Total Printings:** 9 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: `not_legal`