First printed in Exodus (1998)

Plaguebearer

Creature — Zombie

Black : Destroy target nonblack creature with mana value X.

MTGO price: 6.61 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 28 Oct 2026).

In the last 30 days 5.9% of Premodern decks played it (35 of 592). Most played in Mono-Black Control.

Staple

Last 120 days of MTGO results and paper tournaments.

Meta: share of the archetype in the format
Play it: decks of the archetype that play this card
Together: decks with this card that also play the other one (main deck)
Lift: how much more often than chance: 1 = unrelated, above 1 = played together on purpose

In 35 of 592 decks (5.9%).

Share of decks

5.9%

▲ 3.9 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

19 main, 23 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

52%

9 top 8 (challenges only)

Deck	Record
Mono-Black Control fazparte in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Control Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Control fazparte in Premodern Challenge 16	5-2 71%
Mono-Black Control Antarctica in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Mono-Black Control olbeda in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
Mono-Black Andrew /// Haldrik Gaming in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	3-2 60%
Mono-Black Control Sandro Pastor in Road to Nationals - Pré Modern	4-3 57%
BR Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	4-3 57%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Deck	Copies	Finish
Mono-Black Control Corran62, 28 Oct	1 main 1 side	5-0
Mono-Black Control Bellazio, 27 Oct	1 side	#8 3-3
Mono-Black Control fazparte, 27 Oct	1 main	#19 2-3
Mono-Black Control littledarwin, 27 Oct	1 side	#21 1-3
Mono-Black Control misteriggins, 25 Oct	1 side	5-0
Mono-Black Control fazparte, 23 Oct	1 main	#3 5-2
Mono-Black Control olbeda, 22 Oct	2 side	#17 1-3
Mono-Black Control DB_MurkPie, 21 Oct	1 main 1 side	5-0

No recent decks in: Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander.