---
name: "Infest"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ALA"
set_name: "Shards of Alara"
collector_number: "80"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Karl Kopinski"
oracle_id: "d6850616-7db5-4141-9ab0-ae8d1f08114f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/infest-ala"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Infest
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

> *"Esta es la razón por la cual no salimos cuando hay avispas de ruina." —Rannon, centinela vithiano*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shrivel](/printing/shrivel-m14.md) — Sorcery
2. [Nausea](/printing/nausea-ema.md) — Sorcery
3. [Languish](/printing/languish-pori.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hell Swarm](/printing/hell-swarm-leg.md) — Instant
5. [Marsh Gas](/printing/marsh-gas-drk.md) — Instant
6. [Glistening Deluge](/printing/glistening-deluge-mom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shards of Alara (ALA) #80
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Karl Kopinski
- **Total Printings:** 32 across all historical editions

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