---
name: "Infectious Bite"
mana_cost: "{1}{G}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "ONE"
set_name: "Phyrexia: All Will Be One"
collector_number: "172"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Campbell White"
oracle_id: "7b740cd6-e07d-4273-8a7f-e084bdaf0f1c"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infectious-bite-one"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Infectious Bite
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{G}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control. Each opponent gets a poison counter.

> *"Lascia che ti spieghi perché non devi mai chiudere gli occhi quando sei di guardia. Neanche per un secondo."
—Jor Kadeen*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rabid Bite](/printing/rabid-bite-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Bite Down](/printing/bite-down-dmu.md) — Instant
3. [Aggressive Instinct](/printing/aggressive-instinct-gs1.md) — Sorcery
4. [Rabid Gnaw](/printing/rabid-gnaw-blb.md) — Instant
5. [Virulent Wound](/printing/virulent-wound-mbs.md) — Instant
6. [Quarrel](/printing/quarrel-hob.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) #172
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Campbell White
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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