---
name: "Plague Boiler"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "G"]
keywords: []
set: "C13"
set_name: "Commander 2013"
collector_number: "254"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mark Tedin"
oracle_id: "fef502af-6e79-4c55-a86a-b45adb3fc64a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plague-boiler-c13"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Plague Boiler
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, put a plague counter on this artifact.
{1}{B}{G}: Put a plague counter on this artifact or remove a plague counter from it.
When this artifact has three or more plague counters on it, sacrifice it. If you do, destroy all nonland permanents.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Smokestack](/printing/smokestack-mb2.md) — Artifact
2. [Plague Spitter](/printing/plague-spitter-wc01.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror
3. [Plaguecrafter](/printing/plaguecrafter-plst.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
4. [Powder Keg](/printing/powder-keg-p04.md) — Artifact
5. [Plague Myr](/printing/plague-myr-td2.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Myr
6. [Endemic Plague](/printing/endemic-plague-ons.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2013 (C13) #254
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mark Tedin
- **Total Printings:** 15 across all historical editions

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