---
name: "Virulent Plague"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "DTK"
set_name: "Dragons of Tarkir"
collector_number: "125"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Johann Bodin"
oracle_id: "adfba95e-c73c-415d-adea-edcd04372ba4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/virulent-plague-dtk"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Virulent Plague
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Creature tokens get -2/-2.

> *"Esta pestilencia nos arrebata la posibilidad de morir heroicamente en batalla. Morimos de hambre con la barriga llena y nos ahogamos tratando de saciar una sed irreal". —Kerai, el Cantor del Odio, guerrero de Kólagan*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Illness in the Ranks](/printing/illness-in-the-ranks-gtc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Infest](/printing/infest-prm.md) — Sorcery
3. [Engineered Plague](/printing/engineered-plague-prm.md) — Enchantment
4. [Sewer Plague](/printing/sewer-plague-hbg.md) — Instant
5. [Plague Wight](/printing/plague-wight-rna.md) — Creature — Zombie
6. [Disease Carriers](/printing/disease-carriers-uds.md) — Creature — Rat

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #125
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Johann Bodin
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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