First printed in Mirrodin Besieged (2011)
Creature — Phyrexian Beast
, Sacrifice a creature: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Phyrexia's spiral of consumption grows ever wider and darker.
4/3
- Illustrated by
- Whit Brachna
- Watermark
- Phyrexian
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- You can sacrifice Plaguemaw Beast to pay the cost of its own activated ability.
- You can activate the ability even if there are no players or permanents with counters on them.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
8 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast + Scurry Oak
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast + Venser, Corpse Puppet
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Plaguemaw Beast + Scurry Oak + Thornbite Staff
- Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Berta, Wise Extrapolator + Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast
- Infinite death triggers, Infinite creature ETB…: Plaguemaw Beast + Thornbite Staff + Venser, Corpse Puppet
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Herd Baloth + Plaguemaw Beast + Thornbite Staff
- Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinite death triggers…: Herd Baloth + Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast
- Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB…: Go-Shintai of Life's Origin + Intruder Alarm + Plaguemaw Beast + Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus + There and Back Again