---
name: "Pox Plague"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PSOS"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Promos"
collector_number: "94p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Camille Alquier"
oracle_id: "c505d304-9428-4532-87a2-167c69f16969"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pox-plague-psos"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pox Plague
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}{B}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice. Round down each time.

> *The darkest corners of the Detention Bog hide natural laboratories that quietly spawn deadly infections.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pox](/printing/pox-mb2.md) — Sorcery
2. [Smallpox](/printing/smallpox-soa.md) — Sorcery
3. [Fraying Omnipotence](/printing/fraying-omnipotence-pm19.md) — Sorcery
4. [Largepox](/printing/largepox-cmb2.md) — Sorcery
5. [Dakmor Plague](/printing/dakmor-plague-p02.md) — Sorcery
6. [Death Cloud](/printing/death-cloud-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Promos (PSOS) #94p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Camille Alquier
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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