---
name: "Patient Zero"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "YMID"
set_name: "Alchemy: Innistrad"
collector_number: "29"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Peter Polach"
oracle_id: "d53ce3fd-5929-448b-90b4-ed90b3a9ca75"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/patient-zero-ymid"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Patient Zero
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Lifelink
Damage isn't removed from creatures your opponents control during cleanup steps.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Escaped Null](/printing/escaped-null-roe.md) — Creature — Zombie Berserker
2. [Infectious Host](/printing/infectious-host-rav.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Markov Patrician](/printing/markov-patrician-isd.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Scourge of the Undercity](/printing/scourge-of-the-undercity-j25.md) — Creature — Gorgon Vampire
5. [Scrounger of Souls](/printing/scrounger-of-souls-plst.md) — Creature — Horror
6. [Leech Fanatic](/printing/leech-fanatic-stx.md) — Creature — Human Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alchemy: Innistrad (YMID) #29
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Peter Polach

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