Pox Plague

Sorcery

Each player loses half their life, then discards half the cards in their hand, then sacrifices half the permanents they control of their choice. Round down each time.

In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (6 of 6150). Most played in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Combos

6 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Pox Plague
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Pox Plague + Wound Reflection
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Archfiend of Despair + Pox Plague
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Pox Plague + Warlock Class
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Astarion, the Decadent + Pox Plague
Near-infinite lifeloss for all players: Blitzwing, Cruel Tormentor // Blitzwing, Adaptive Assailant + Pox Plague

Legality

Constructed

Standard Legal
Pioneer Legal
Modern Legal
Legacy Legal
Vintage Legal
Pauper Not legal
Future Standard Legal
Historic Legal
Timeless Legal
Alchemy Legal
Penny Dreadful Legal
Premodern Not legal
Old School 93/94 Not legal

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

Commander Legal
Duel Commander Legal
Pauper Commander Not legal
PreDH Not legal
Tiny Leaders Not legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Brawl Legal
Standard Brawl Legal
Competitive Brawl Legal

In tournament decks of the last 30 days

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

Commander Other periods →

In 6 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

▲ 0.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

6 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

1 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth	0.8%	6%
Terra, Herald of Hope	0.1%	13%
Baron Helmut Zemo	0.1%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Sol Ring	100%	1.0
Gray Merchant of Asphodel	83%	60.3
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth	83%	37.4
Reanimate	83%	7.5
Dark Ritual	83%	2.0
Exhume	67%	80.4
Asmodeus the Archfiend	67%	71.9
Jet Medallion	67%	43.2
Vilis, Broker of Blood	67%	35.3
Buried Alive	67%	28.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth felipe zepeda in 2do Clasificatorio Nacional cEDH 2026 Sede La Serena	0-5 0%
Baron Helmut Zemo Poovender Rao in Quantum Nexus' Highlander 10K	0-5 0%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth x3r0, 24 Oct	1 main	#32 0-4
Baron Helmut Zemo Clint Grisham, 18 Oct	1 main	#44 0-4
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth x3r0, 17 Oct	1 main	#8 1-2
K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth felipe zepeda, 10 Oct	1 main	#40 0-5
Terra, Herald of Hope LordPociño, 9 Oct	1 main	#13 0-3
Baron Helmut Zemo Poovender Rao, 3 Oct	1 main	#72 0-5

No recent decks in: Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Duel Commander.