---
name: "Spread the Sickness"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Proliferate"]
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "56"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "142af8f1-6d6b-4043-8cc4-6632481972c1"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/spread-the-sickness-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Spread the Sickness
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Proliferate

## Oracle Text
Destroy target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

> *Жизнь быстротечна. Фирексия вечна.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Affliction](/printing/grim-affliction-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Plaguemaw Beast](/printing/plaguemaw-beast-plst.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Beast
3. [Atomize](/printing/atomize-pip.md) — Instant
4. [Drown in Ichor](/printing/drown-in-ichor-one.md) — Sorcery
5. [Whisper of the Dross](/printing/whisper-of-the-dross-one.md) — Instant
6. [Cankerbloom](/printing/cankerbloom-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Fungus

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #56
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 14 across all historical editions

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