First printed in Ice Age (1995)

All 5 prints

Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #185, 2024
Masters Edition (ME1) #82, 2007 (digital)
Oversized League Prizes (OLEP) #63, 1999
Fifth Edition (5ED) #189, 1997
Ice Age (ICE) #158, 1995

Pox

Sorcery

Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

In the last 30 days 1.2% of Premodern decks played it (7 of 590). Most played in Mono-Black Control. In the last 30 days 0.0% of Commander decks played it (2 of 6150). Most played in Tinybones, Trinket Thief.

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Not legal

Commander formats

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

Premodern Other periods →

In 7 of 590 decks (1.2%).

Share of decks

1.2%

▲ 0.5 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

4 main, 3 sideboard

Avg. copies

3.3

in the main deck

Win rate

56%

2 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Mono-Black Control	8.1%	6%
Mono-Black (unclassified)	1.9%	18%
BR (unclassified)	0.7%	50%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Ravenous Rats	100%	9.5
Cabal Therapy	100%	4.7
Mishra's Factory	100%	4.5
Duress	100%	4.5
Plaguebearer	75%	23.3
Withered Wretch	75%	6.9
Diabolic Edict	75%	6.6

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Mono-Black Control Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Mono-Black Andrew /// Haldrik Gaming in Rose City Premodern PMPMPMPM XLI: October - Charity Event	3-2 60%
BR Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	4-3 57%
Mono-Black Control fazparte in Premodern Challenge 32	3-3 50%
Mono-Black lifeisaresource in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
BR IfHeDiesHeDies, 13 Oct	3 main	5-0
Mono-Black Andrew /// Haldrik Gaming, 11 Oct	4 main	#11 3-2
BR Grantfly, 9 Oct	3 main	#4 4-3
Mono-Black lifeisaresource, 4 Oct	3 main	#15 2-3
Mono-Black Control Grantfly, 2 Oct	3 side	5-0
Mono-Black Control fazparte, 1 Oct	3 side	#19 3-3
Mono-Black Control Grantfly, 29 Sep	3 side	#1 6-2

Commander Other periods →

In 2 of 6150 decks (0.0%).

Share of decks

0.0%

= vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

2 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

1.0

in the main deck

Win rate

–

0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Tinybones, Trinket Thief	0.0%	33%
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar	0.0%	50%

Played together with

Not enough decks yet.

Best win rate

No challenge results yet.

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Tinybones, Trinket Thief Ronny Martinez, 10 Oct	1 main	#33 0-3
Tinybones, Bauble Burglar Martin Fojtík, 4 Oct	1 main	#27 0-4

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