First printed in Odyssey (2001)

All 8 prints

The List (PLST) #ODY-170, 2024
Dominaria Remastered (DMR) #111, 2023
Jumpstart (JMP) #288, 2020
Commander 2019 (C19) #132, 2019
Premium Deck Series: Graveborn (PD3) #19, 2011
Magic 2012 (M12) #120, 2011
Archenemy (ARC) #28, 2010
Odyssey (ODY) #170, 2001

Zombie Infestation

Enchantment

Discard two cards: Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

In the last 30 days 2.4% of Premodern decks played it (14 of 590). Most played in Psychatog. In the last 30 days 0.1% of Commander decks played it (4 of 6150). Most played in Marneus Calgar.

Combos

286 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.

Infinite draw triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Greater Good + Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis + Zombie Infestation
Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Ashnod's Altar + Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Pitiless Plunderer + Zombie Infestation
Near-infinite damage, Infinite self-discard triggers…: Goblin Bombardment + Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Pitiless Plunderer + Zombie Infestation
Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Pitiless Plunderer + Viscera Seer + Zombie Infestation
Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Pitiless Plunderer + Thermopod + Zombie Infestation
Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Altar of Dementia + Doom Weaver + Zombie Infestation
Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Carrion Feeder + Doom Weaver + Zombie Infestation
Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Phyrexian Altar + Pitiless Plunderer + Zombie Infestation
Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite creature ETB…: Altar of Dementia + Korvold, Fae-Cursed King + Pitiless Plunderer + Zombie Infestation
Infinite draw triggers, Infinite rummaging…: Doom Weaver + Phyrexian Altar + Zombie Infestation

See all 286 on Commander Spellbook

Legality

Constructed

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

Singleton

Gladiator Legal

Commander formats

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

Premodern Other periods →

In 14 of 590 decks (2.4%).

Share of decks

2.4%

▲ 0.9 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

12 main, 4 sideboard

Avg. copies

2.7

in the main deck

Win rate

60%

3 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Psychatog	3.7%	32%
BRG (unclassified)	1.0%	17%
BR (unclassified)	0.7%	100%
Contamination	0.2%	100%
UBR (unclassified)	0.2%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Duress	100%	4.5
Smother	75%	4.3
Polluted Delta	50%	10.2
Underground River	50%	7.2
Accumulated Knowledge	50%	6.0
Squee, Goblin Nabob	50%	5.2
Psychatog	50%	5.0
Foil	50%	3.2
Portent	50%	3.1
Gush	50%	3.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Psychatog Beicodegeia in Premodern Challenge 16	6-2 75%
Psychatog DeathFromSnuSnu in Premodern Challenge 16	4-2 67%
Psychatog Beicodegeia in Premodern Challenge 16	3-2 60%
BR Grantfly in Premodern Challenge 16	4-3 57%
UBR Kairos92 in Premodern Challenge 16	2-3 40%

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

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Psychatog Beicodegeia, 22 Oct	1 main	#2 6-2
Psychatog Magic_Wombat, 22 Oct	1 main	5-0
BRG Veracruz, 14 Oct	4 main	5-0
BR IfHeDiesHeDies, 13 Oct	4 main	5-0
Contamination Curtis S, 11 Oct	3 main 1 side	#18 1-3
BR Grantfly, 9 Oct	4 main	#4 4-3
BR Kask1, 9 Oct	4 main	#21 1-3
BR Kask1, 6 Oct	4 main	5-0

Commander Other periods →

In 4 of 6150 decks (0.1%).

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days