---
name: "Pick Your Poison"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "G"]
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "CMB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021"
collector_number: "97"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Corey Bowen"
oracle_id: "191634b4-42e5-499f-a1a8-1d0407626be8"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pick-your-poison-cmb2"
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"
---

# Pick Your Poison
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Choose any number of modes that total exactly 4. You may choose the same mode more than once.
[1] Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.
[2] Create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch.
[4] All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pick Your Poison](/printing/pick-your-poison-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Phyresis Outbreak](/printing/phyresis-outbreak-onc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Rite of the Serpent](/printing/rite-of-the-serpent-ktk.md) — Sorcery
4. [Noxious Assault](/printing/noxious-assault-one.md) — Sorcery
5. [Subtle Strike](/printing/subtle-strike-znr.md) — Instant
6. [Poison the Waters](/printing/poison-the-waters-fin.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021 (CMB2) #97
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Corey Bowen
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

## 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`