---
name: "Pestilent Souleater"
mana_cost: "{5}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "149"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Matt Stewart"
oracle_id: "c4779671-2a01-4eef-847c-ede36091fc4a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pestilent-souleater-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pestilent Souleater
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/3

## Oracle Text
{B/P}: This creature gains infect until end of turn. ({B/P} can be paid with either {B} or 2 life. A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Digester](/printing/phyrexian-digester-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Construct
2. [Old Way Phyrexian](/printing/old-way-phyrexian-unk.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Cleric
3. [Ichor Rats](/printing/ichor-rats-som.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Rat
4. [Scourge Servant](/printing/scourge-servant-mbs.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
5. [Necropede](/printing/necropede-som.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Insect
6. [Reaper of Sheoldred](/printing/reaper-of-sheoldred-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #149
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Matt Stewart
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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