---
name: "Traveling Plague"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment — Aura"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Enchant"]
set: "ODY"
set_name: "Odyssey"
collector_number: "166"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dave Dorman"
oracle_id: "371e8e29-f569-4b23-bae4-cf89e5b09fd3"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/traveling-plague-ody"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Traveling Plague
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment — Aura
- **Keywords:** Enchant

## Oracle Text
Enchant creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a plague counter on this Aura.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on this Aura.
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller returns this Aura from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Withering Hex](/printing/withering-hex-ons.md) — Enchantment — Aura
2. [Krovikan Plague](/printing/krovikan-plague-all.md) — Enchantment — Aura
3. [Necrotic Plague](/printing/necrotic-plague-m11.md) — Enchantment — Aura
4. [Festering Wound](/printing/festering-wound-uds.md) — Enchantment — Aura
5. [Takklemaggot](/printing/takklemaggot-me3.md) — Enchantment — Aura
6. [Glistening Oil](/printing/glistening-oil-nph.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Odyssey (ODY) #166
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dave Dorman
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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