---
name: "Whisper of the Dross"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Proliferate"]
set: "ONE"
set_name: "Phyrexia: All Will Be One"
collector_number: "117"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Eli Minaya"
oracle_id: "23c2cdc9-2b16-423a-b932-2daadeb1021b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/whisper-of-the-dross-one"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Whisper of the Dross
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Instant
- **Keywords:** Proliferate

## Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

> *「生きるにしろ死ぬにしろ、これより鋼の族長に仕えることとなる。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Grim Affliction](/printing/grim-affliction-plst.md) — Instant
2. [Drown in Ichor](/printing/drown-in-ichor-one.md) — Sorcery
3. [Spread the Sickness](/printing/spread-the-sickness-mm2.md) — Sorcery
4. [Afflict](/printing/afflict-ody.md) — Instant
5. [Instill Infection](/printing/instill-infection-som.md) — Instant
6. [Yawgmoth, Thran Physician](/printing/yawgmoth-thran-physician-dmr.md) — Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Phyrexia: All Will Be One (ONE) #117
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Eli Minaya
- **Total Printings:** 8 across all historical editions

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