---
name: "Undercity Plague"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Cipher"]
set: "GTC"
set_name: "Gatecrash"
collector_number: "83"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Vincent Proce"
oracle_id: "aa997e63-be19-4b1a-8972-eebc8a720ded"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/undercity-plague-gtc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Undercity Plague
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Cipher

## Oracle Text
Target player loses 1 life, discards a card, then sacrifices a permanent of their choice.
Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shadow Slice](/printing/shadow-slice-gtc.md) — Sorcery
2. [Mental Vapors](/printing/mental-vapors-gtc.md) — Sorcery
3. [Undercity Plunder](/printing/undercity-plunder-yneo.md) — Sorcery
4. [Urborg Syphon-Mage](/printing/urborg-syphon-mage-tsp.md) — Creature — Human Spellshaper
5. [Plaguecrafter](/printing/plaguecrafter-plst.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
6. [Arcane Heist](/printing/arcane-heist-otc.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Gatecrash (GTC) #83
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Vincent Proce
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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