First printed in Urza's Destiny (1999)
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put an infection counter on this Aura.
At the beginning of the upkeep of enchanted creature's controller, this Aura deals X damage to that player, where X is the number of infection counters on this Aura.
- Illustrated by
- Chippy & Matthew D. Wilson
Festering Wound legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- If it is on your creature, you can decide whether to add a counter before or after it damages you.
- Putting on a counter is optional. If you forget, you can't go back later even if it is something you usually do.
Prices
Paper price: €0.24 / $0.29 , the cheapest non-foil print (Cardmarket, and TCGplayer, otherwise Mana Pool or Card Kingdom, through MTGJSON, 10 Nov 2026).
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 10 Nov 2026).