---
name: "Viral Drake"
mana_cost: "{3}{U}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Phyrexian Drake"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Proliferate", "Infect"]
set: "NPH"
set_name: "New Phyrexia"
collector_number: "49"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Lars Grant-West"
oracle_id: "3b1647d1-9aec-454f-a215-e28633cb7a2d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/viral-drake-nph"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Viral Drake
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{U}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Phyrexian Drake
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/4
- **Keywords:** Flying, Proliferate, Infect

## Oracle Text
Flying
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
{3}{U}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Core Prowler](/printing/core-prowler-mbs.md) — Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Horror
2. [Thrummingbird](/printing/thrummingbird-slz.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Bird Horror
3. [Tainted Observer](/printing/tainted-observer-one.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Bird
4. [Guildpact Informant](/printing/guildpact-informant-war.md) — Creature — Faerie Rogue
5. [Tine Shrike](/printing/tine-shrike-mbs.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Bird
6. [Vexing Radgull](/printing/vexing-radgull-pip.md) — Creature — Bird Mutant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** New Phyrexia (NPH) #49
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Lars Grant-West
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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