---
name: "Virulent Wound"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MBS"
set_name: "Mirrodin Besieged"
collector_number: "57"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Whit Brachna"
oracle_id: "6a555c10-4dc2-455d-87b4-c7fdbf3d29a6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/virulent-wound-mbs"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Virulent Wound
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. When that creature dies this turn, its controller gets a poison counter.

> *Por desgracia, todo el conocimiento curativo de Gerkk se limitaba a "no la rasques".*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tainted Strike](/printing/tainted-strike-som.md) — Instant
2. [Instill Infection](/printing/instill-infection-som.md) — Instant
3. [Infectious Bite](/printing/infectious-bite-one.md) — Instant
4. [Phyresis Outbreak](/printing/phyresis-outbreak-onc.md) — Sorcery
5. [Lethal Sting](/printing/lethal-sting-akr.md) — Sorcery
6. [Torment of Venom](/printing/torment-of-venom-hou.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) #57
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Whit Brachna
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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