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| first = Scars of Mirrodin
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| last = New Phyrexia
| last = Unfinity
| reminder = This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.
| reminder = This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.
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'''Infect''' is a [[keyword ability]] that was introduced in ''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''.<ref>{{NewRef|feature/something-wicked-way-comes-part-1-2010-09-06|Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 06, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{NewRef|latest-developments/infection-spreads-2010-11-04|Infection Spreads|[[Tom LaPille]]|November 05, 2010}}</ref> It is centered in [[black]] and [[green]] with some [[artifacts]] having the keyword. It combines [[poisonous]] and [[wither]] abilities. In ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]'' the mechanic was expanded to [[white]].<ref>{{NewRef|feature/under-besiege-part-2-2011-01-24|Under Besiege, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 24, 2011}}</ref>  
'''Infect''' is a [[keyword ability]] that was introduced in ''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/something-wicked-way-comes-part-1-2010-09-06|Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|September 06, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{DailyRef|latest-developments/infection-spreads-2010-11-04|Infection Spreads|[[Tom LaPille]]|November 05, 2010}}</ref>  


As with its related mechanic [[proliferate]], infect is [[Phyrexian]] in theme.  Each creature with infect, and all cards that gave infect and/or positively affected creatures with infect, were printed with the Phyrexian [[watermark]].
==Description==
A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of [[-1/-1 counter]]s and players in the form of [[poison counter]]s. If a player has ten or more poison counters, they lose the game. In [[Two-Headed Giant]], it's fifteen or more.
 
Infect is centered in [[black]] and [[green]] and there are also some [[artifacts]] having the keyword. It combines [[poisonous]] and [[wither]] abilities. In ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]'' the mechanic was expanded to [[white]],<ref>{{DailyRef|feature/under-besiege-part-2-2011-01-24|Under Besiege, Part 2|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 24, 2011}}</ref> and finally spread to red in [[New Phyrexia|''New Phyrexia'']].
 
As with its related mechanic [[proliferate]], infect is [[Phyrexia]]n in theme.  Each creature with infect, and all cards that gave infect and/or positively affected creatures with infect, were printed with the Phyrexian [[watermark]]. The mechanic was considered for ''[[Phyrexia: All Will Be One]]'', but ultimately dismissed because [[R&D]] has soured on environments using -1/-1 counters and because infect is disliked by many.<ref name="One Direction 1">{{DailyRef|making-magic/phyrexia-all-will-be-one-direction-part-1|Phyrexia: All Will Be One Direction, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|January 17, 2023}}</ref>


==Rules==
==Rules==
{{Keyword CR}}
{{CR+G}}


==Rulings==
==Rulings==
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*If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn't get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn't get -1/-1 counters.
*If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn't get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn't get -1/-1 counters.
*Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
*Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
*Creatures that have both infect and [[Toxic]] can add poison counters from both abilities when combat damage resolves.


==Reminder text==
==Reminder text==
The latest [[reminder text]] for Infect reads "This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and players in the form of poison counters.".
The latest [[reminder text]] for Infect reads "This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and players in the form of poison counters.".


==Example==
==Examples==
{{examples|text=''
{{examples|<c>Scourge Servant</c> {{4}}{{B}}<br>Creature {{-}} Phyrexian Zombie<br>3/3<br>Infect ''(This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)''}}
*<c>Scourge Servant</c> - {{4}}{{B}}<br>Creature {{-}} Zombie<br>3/3<br>Infect ''(This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)''
}}


==Cards that grant just Infect==
==Cards that grant infect==
*<c>Phyresis</c> {{b}}
'''Instant'''
*<c>Glistening Oil</c> {{b}}
*<c>Tainted Strike</c> {{B}}
'''Sorcery'''
*<c>Triumph of the Hordes</c> {{2}}{{G}}{{G}}
'''Aura'''
*<c>Phyresis</c> {{1}}{{B}}
*<c>Glistening Oil</c> {{B}}{{B}}
*<c>Corrupted Conscience</c> {{Symbol|3|tooltip=3 Generic}}{{U}}{{U}}
'''Equipment'''
*<c>Grafted Exoskeleton</c> {{4}}
'''Sticker'''
*<c>Happy Dead Squirrel</c>


==Cards with Infect==
{|cellpadding="3"
|-style="background-color:#DDD;"
|'''Card'''
|'''Set'''
|'''Comment'''
|-
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Blackcleave Goblin</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Blight Mamba</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Blighted Agent</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Blightsteel Colossus</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Blightwidow</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Carrion Call</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|Instant that produces [[token]]s with infect
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Chained Throatseeker</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Contagious Nim</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Core Prowler</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|-
|<c>Corpse Cur</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|<c>Cystbearer</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Fallen Ferromancer</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Flensermite</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Flesh-Eater Imp</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Glistener Elf</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|The first one-drop with infect (natively)
|-
|<c>Grafted Exoskeleton</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|The first [[equipment]] to grant infect
|-
|<c>Hand of the Praetors</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|Infect [[Lord]]
|-
|<c>Ichor Rats</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|<c>Ichorclaw Myr</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Inkmoth Nexus</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|The first manland with infect
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Lost Leonin</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Necropede</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Ogre Menial</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-style="background-color:#F0F0F0;"
|-
|<c>Pestilent Souleater</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|Only gains infect from [[activated ability]]
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Crusader</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|The first creature with both first strike and infect
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Digester</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Hydra</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Juggernaut</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Swarmlord</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Phyrexian Vatmother</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Plague Myr</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Plague Stinger</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|The first creature with flying and infect
|-
|<c>Priests of Norn</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Putrefax</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|<c>Razor Swine</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Reaper of Sheoldred</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Rot Wolf</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Scourge Servant</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Septic Rats</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Shriek Raptor</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Skithiryx, The Blight Dragon</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|
|-
|<c>Spinebiter</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Tainted Strike</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|The first instant that grants infect
|-
|<c>Tangle Angler</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|<c>Tel-Jilad Fallen</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|-
|<c>Tine Shrike</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Trigon of Infestation</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|Artifact that produces [[token]]s with infect
|-
|<c>Vector Asp</c>
|''[[Scars of Mirrodin]]''
|Only gains infect from [[activated ability]]
|-
|<c>Viral Drake</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Viridian Betrayers</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|<c>Viridian Corrupter</c>
|''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]''
|
|-
|<c>Whispering Specter</c>
|''[[New Phyrexia]]''
|
|-
|}
==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Infect was featured as [[rules card]] 1 of 5 in the ''Scars of Mirrodin'' set and as rules card 4 of 5 in the ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]'' set and as rules card 3 of 4 in the ''[[New Phyrexia]]'' set.
* Infect was featured as [[rules card]] 1 of 5 in the ''Scars of Mirrodin'' set and as rules card 4 of 5 in the ''[[Mirrodin Besieged]]'' set and as rules card 3 of 4 in the ''[[New Phyrexia]]'' set.
*<c>Hand of the Praetors</c> is a [[lord]] for all creatures with infect.
*<c>Inkmoth Nexus</c> is a [[manland]] with infect.
*While Infect has not returned with new cards since Scars block due to its polarizing nature, ''[[Unfinity]]'' has it partially represented through [[Sticker|stickers]].
*For a short while, Infect was considered for the design of ''[[Phyrexia: All Will Be One]]''.<ref>{{DailyRef|making-magic/odds-and-ends-2023-part-1|Odds & Ends: 2023, Part 1|[[Mark Rosewater]]|November 20, 2023}}</ref>
==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F8kEOiKq28 A Planeswalker's Primer for Scars of Mirrodin: Infect]
*{{YouTubeRef|4F8kEOiKq28|A Planeswalker's Primer for Scars of Mirrodin: Infect}}


{{Keywords and abilities}}
{{Mechanics|keyword}}

Latest revision as of 16:11, 21 November 2023

Infect
Keyword Ability
Type Static
Introduced Scars of Mirrodin
Last used Unfinity
Reminder Text Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Storm Scale 7[1]
Statistics
56 cards
{C} 1.8% {W} 7.1% {U} 7.1% {B} 32.1% {R} 5.4% {G} 25% {artifact symbol} 19.6% {land symbol} 1.8%
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keyword:"Infect"

Infect is a keyword ability that was introduced in Scars of Mirrodin.[2][3]

Description

A creature with infect deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and players in the form of poison counters. If a player has ten or more poison counters, they lose the game. In Two-Headed Giant, it's fifteen or more.

Infect is centered in black and green and there are also some artifacts having the keyword. It combines poisonous and wither abilities. In Mirrodin Besieged the mechanic was expanded to white,[4] and finally spread to red in New Phyrexia.

As with its related mechanic proliferate, infect is Phyrexian in theme. Each creature with infect, and all cards that gave infect and/or positively affected creatures with infect, were printed with the Phyrexian watermark. The mechanic was considered for Phyrexia: All Will Be One, but ultimately dismissed because R&D has soured on environments using -1/-1 counters and because infect is disliked by many.[5]

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

Infect
A keyword ability that affects how an object deals damage to creatures and players. See rule 702.90, “Infect.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

  • 702.90. Infect
    • 702.90a Infect is a static ability.
    • 702.90b Damage dealt to a player by a source with infect doesn’t cause that player to lose life. Rather, it causes that source’s controller to give the player that many poison counters. See rule 120.3.
    • 702.90c Damage dealt to a creature by a source with infect isn’t marked on that creature. Rather, it causes that source’s controller to put that many -1/-1 counters on that creature. See rule 120.3.
    • 702.90d If an object changes zones before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had infect.
    • 702.90e The infect rules function no matter what zone an object with infect deals damage from.
    • 702.90f Multiple instances of infect on the same object are redundant.

Rulings

  • Infect's effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.
  • The -1/-1 counters remain on the creature indefinitely. They're not removed if the creature regenerates or the turn ends.
  • Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
  • If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn't get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn't get -1/-1 counters.
  • Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
  • Creatures that have both infect and Toxic can add poison counters from both abilities when combat damage resolves.

Reminder text

The latest reminder text for Infect reads "This deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and players in the form of poison counters.".

Examples

Example

Scourge Servant {4}{B}
Creature — Phyrexian Zombie
3/3
Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

Cards that grant infect

Instant

Sorcery

Aura

Equipment

Sticker

Trivia

References

  1. ↑ Mark Rosewater (2019-04-17). "Follow up on the -1/-1 thing...". Blogatog. Tumblr.
  2. ↑ Mark Rosewater (September 06, 2010). "Something Wicked This Way Comes, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  3. ↑ Tom LaPille (November 05, 2010). "Infection Spreads". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  4. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 24, 2011). "Under Besiege, Part 2". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  5. ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 17, 2023). "Phyrexia: All Will Be One Direction, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
  6. ↑ Mark Rosewater (November 20, 2023). "Odds & Ends: 2023, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.

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