---
name: "Outbreak"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PCY"
set_name: "Prophecy"
collector_number: "71"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Quinton Hoover"
oracle_id: "05079cee-b190-42d7-b59f-130cb545cab7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/outbreak-pcy"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Outbreak
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You may discard a Swamp card rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Choose a creature type. All creatures of that type get -1/-1 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Mutilate](/printing/mutilate-gvl.md) — Sorcery
2. [Pack's Disdain](/printing/packs-disdain-mor.md) — Instant
3. [Defile](/printing/defile-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Engineered Plague](/printing/engineered-plague-prm.md) — Enchantment
5. [Crippling Fear](/printing/crippling-fear-pkhm.md) — Sorcery
6. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Prophecy (PCY) #71
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Quinton Hoover
- **Total Printings:** 8 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: `not_legal`