---
name: "Plague of Vermin"
mana_cost: "{6}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PZA"
set_name: "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material"
collector_number: "7"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Peter Laird & Jim Lawson"
oracle_id: "efc12acf-ffef-40a6-b2ce-fe93e89ad840"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/plague-of-vermin-pza"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Plague of Vermin
- **Mana Cost:** `{6}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Infected Vermin](/printing/infected-vermin-ody.md) — Creature — Rat
2. [Tend the Pests](/printing/tend-the-pests-stx.md) — Instant
3. [Voracious Vermin](/printing/voracious-vermin-woe.md) — Creature — Rat
4. [Pest Summoning](/printing/pest-summoning-stx.md) — Sorcery — Lesson
5. [Plague Rats](/printing/plague-rats-ced.md) — Creature — Rat
6. [Sewer Rats](/printing/sewer-rats-mir.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material (PZA) #7
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Peter Laird & Jim Lawson
- **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`