---
name: "Instill Infection"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MM2-85"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Chris Rahn"
oracle_id: "0040db73-ac11-4c15-a1ac-5a2c4c085f09"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/instill-infection-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Instill Infection
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
Draw a card.

> *"The results of our ninth inoculation were the same. The specimen was, of course, euthanized before the contagion could spread."
—Vedalken research notes*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
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2. [Fevered Convulsions](/printing/fevered-convulsions-tmp.md) — Enchantment
3. [Blight Rot](/printing/blight-rot-ecl.md) — Instant
4. [Scar](/printing/scar-shm.md) — Instant
5. [Tainted Strike](/printing/tainted-strike-som.md) — Instant
6. [Virulent Wound](/printing/virulent-wound-mbs.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MM2-85
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Chris Rahn
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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