---
name: "Infectious Horror"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Horror"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ARC"
set_name: "Archenemy"
collector_number: "18"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Pete Venters"
oracle_id: "0931206b-eed2-40d0-9496-5ecefc7f8f90"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infectious-horror-arc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Infectious Horror
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Horror
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks, each opponent loses 2 life.

> *Not once in the history of Grixis has anyone died of old age.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infectious Host](/printing/infectious-host-rav.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [Vengeful Dead](/printing/vengeful-dead-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Maggot Carrier](/printing/maggot-carrier-8ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Caged Zombie](/printing/caged-zombie-m21.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Dakmor Ghoul](/printing/dakmor-ghoul-s99.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Plague Belcher](/printing/plague-belcher-drc.md) — Creature — Zombie Beast

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Archenemy (ARC) #18
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Pete Venters
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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