---
name: "Polluted Bonds"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SHM"
set_name: "Shadowmoor"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Michael Sutfin"
oracle_id: "13b33a41-c22b-4e7a-8323-abadf7f80961"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/polluted-bonds-shm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Polluted Bonds
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

> *Die mystische Verbindung zwischen Zaubernden und dem Land ist genauso verwundbar wie die Zauberer selbst.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sanguine Bond](/printing/sanguine-bond-c17.md) — Enchantment
2. [Roots of Life](/printing/roots-of-life-mir.md) — Enchantment
3. [Ill-Gotten Inheritance](/printing/ill-gotten-inheritance-rna.md) — Enchantment
4. [Tainted Remedy](/printing/tainted-remedy-ori.md) — Enchantment
5. [Despoil](/printing/despoil-pcy.md) — Sorcery
6. [Pooling Venom](/printing/pooling-venom-fut.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Shadowmoor (SHM) #74
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Michael Sutfin
- **Total Printings:** 20 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`