---
name: "Plague Engineer"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Carrier"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MH1-100"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "df130616-8efe-42ed-a7f0-b58bef3f11c4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plague-engineer-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Plague Engineer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
As this creature enters, choose a creature type.
Creatures of the chosen type your opponents control get -1/-1.

> *"The lasting effects are invariably fatal."
—Phyrexian progress notes*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Engineered Plague](/printing/engineered-plague-prm.md) — Enchantment
2. [Plaguecrafter's Familiar](/printing/plaguecrafters-familiar-j21.md) — Creature — Rat
3. [Phyrexian Plaguelord](/printing/phyrexian-plaguelord-td2.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Carrier
4. [Disease Carriers](/printing/disease-carriers-uds.md) — Creature — Rat
5. [Plague Fiend](/printing/plague-fiend-pcy.md) — Creature — Insect
6. [Plague Spitter](/printing/plague-spitter-wc01.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MH1-100
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **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`