---
name: "Tainted Adversary"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Deathtouch"]
set: "PRM"
set_name: "Magic Online Promos"
collector_number: "93954"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Tuan Duong Chu"
oracle_id: "8bed92cc-b3f8-4201-bcbc-44535ff1bd96"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tainted-adversary-prm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tainted Adversary
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/3
- **Keywords:** Deathtouch

## Oracle Text
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, you may pay {2}{B} any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then create twice that many 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens with decayed. (A creature with decayed can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hobbling Zombie](/printing/hobbling-zombie-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie
2. [A-Hobbling Zombie](/printing/a-hobbling-zombie-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie
3. [Grave Titan](/printing/grave-titan-ha7.md) — Creature — Giant
4. [Diregraf Horde](/printing/diregraf-horde-mid.md) — Creature — Zombie
5. [Ghoulish Procession](/printing/ghoulish-procession-mid.md) — Enchantment
6. [Corpse Blockade](/printing/corpse-blockade-gtc.md) — Creature — Zombie

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic Online Promos (PRM) #93954
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Tuan Duong Chu
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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