---
name: "Markov Retribution"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "DBL"
set_name: "Innistrad: Double Feature"
collector_number: "438"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Uriah Voth"
oracle_id: "3a9ca9b2-0085-41de-9c08-60aaa8122da2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/markov-retribution-dbl"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Markov Retribution
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose one or both —
• Creatures you control get +1/+0 until end of turn.
• Target Vampire you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Markov Enforcer](/printing/markov-enforcer-voc.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
2. [Vampires' Vengeance](/printing/vampires-vengeance-vow.md) — Instant
3. [Retribution](/printing/retribution-me2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Markov Waltzer](/printing/markov-waltzer-dbl.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Stensia Banquet](/printing/stensia-banquet-emn.md) — Sorcery
6. [Olivia's Wrath](/printing/olivias-wrath-lcc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #438
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Uriah Voth
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

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