---
name: "Infectious Host"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "91"
rarity: "common"
artist: "rk post"
oracle_id: "beb9c5c9-d4ab-423f-8937-91d308e09770"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infectious-host-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Infectious Host
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/1

## Oracle Text
When this creature dies, target player loses 2 life.

> *"Lost man, dead man, knocking on the door. Cankerman, soreman, knock no more."
—Ravnican children's rhyme*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infectious Horror](/printing/infectious-horror-arc.md) — Creature — Zombie Horror
2. [Maggot Carrier](/printing/maggot-carrier-8ed.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Vengeful Dead](/printing/vengeful-dead-scg.md) — Creature — Zombie
4. [Grim Physician](/printing/grim-physician-thb.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Caged Zombie](/printing/caged-zombie-m21.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Festering Goblin](/printing/festering-goblin-9ed.md) — Creature — Zombie Goblin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #91
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** rk post
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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