---
name: "Leeches"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "HML"
set_name: "Homelands"
collector_number: "9"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alan Rabinowitz"
oracle_id: "0a265cb5-47c7-4e06-9030-602e17bedae5"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/leeches-hml"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

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

## Oracle Text
Target player loses all poison counters. Leeches deals that much damage to that player.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Leech Medic](/printing/leech-medic-unk.md) — Creature — Leech Cleric
2. [Poison Counter](/printing/poison-counter-tone.md) — Card
3. [Phyresis Outbreak](/printing/phyresis-outbreak-onc.md) — Sorcery
4. [Hidetsugu's Poison Rite](/printing/hidetsugus-poison-rite-unk.md) — Sorcery
5. [Prologue to Phyresis](/printing/prologue-to-phyresis-one.md) — Instant
6. [Corrupted Resolve](/printing/corrupted-resolve-nph.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Homelands (HML) #9
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alan Rabinowitz
- **Total Printings:** 7 across all historical editions

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