First printed in Odyssey (2001)
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
At the beginning of each upkeep, put a plague counter on this Aura.
Enchanted creature gets -1/-1 for each plague counter on this Aura.
When enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, that creature's controller returns this Aura from its owner's graveyard to the battlefield.
- Illustrated by
- Dave Dorman
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- The controller of the dead creature chooses the new creature.
- A counter is placed on every player's upkeep, not just the controller's upkeep.
- When the enchanted creature leaves the battlefield, this card is placed into the graveyard as is normal for an Aura when it loses what it enchants. The triggered ability returns this card to the battlefield with no counters on it.
- In Two-Headed Giant, triggers only once per upkeep, not once for each player.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.01 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
120 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archon of Sun's Grace + Traveling Plague + Viscera Seer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ajani's Chosen + Traveling Plague + Viscera Seer
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archon of Sun's Grace + Phyrexian Altar + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archon of Sun's Grace + Ashnod's Altar + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archon of Sun's Grace + Carrion Feeder + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ajani's Chosen + Phyrexian Altar + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ajani's Chosen + Carrion Feeder + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ajani's Chosen + Ashnod's Altar + Traveling Plague
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Archon of Sun's Grace + Traveling Plague + Umbral Collar Zealot
- Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ajani's Chosen + Bartolomé del Presidio + Traveling Plague