---
name: "Swamp Mosquito"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Insect"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "ALL"
set_name: "Alliances"
collector_number: "63b"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicola Leonard"
oracle_id: "4bb4844c-2678-45c7-8f5e-9cf185fd484b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/swamp-mosquito-all"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Swamp Mosquito
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Insect
- **Power/Toughness:** 0/1
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, defending player gets a poison counter. (A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Pestilent Syphoner](/printing/pestilent-syphoner-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect
2. [Pit Scorpion](/printing/pit-scorpion-4ed.md) — Creature — Scorpion
3. [Marsh Viper](/printing/marsh-viper-drk.md) — Creature — Snake
4. [Pistus Strike](/printing/pistus-strike-mbs.md) — Instant
5. [Sabertooth Cobra](/printing/sabertooth-cobra-mir.md) — Creature — Snake
6. [Phyrexian Swarmlord](/printing/phyrexian-swarmlord-onc.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Insect Horror

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Alliances (ALL) #63b
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicola Leonard
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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