Infected Vermin

Infected Vermin

Creature — Rat

Mana cost: {2}{B}

How we read this card

This creature deals 1 damage to each creature and each player.

activated {2}{B} — deals 1 damage

activated {2}{B} — deals 1 damage

This creature deals 3 damage to each creature and each player. Activate only if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard.

activated {3}{B} — deals 3 damage

activated {3}{B} — deals 3 damage

Causes: a creature deals noncombat damage, anything deals noncombat damage.

Cares about: a card in a graveyard.

Works well with

a Rat attacks — 162 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

  1. Persistent Marshstalker — When Infected Vermin attacks, Persistent Marshstalker returns itself from the graveyard

a Rat enters the battlefield — 186 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin enters:

  1. Wick, the Whorled Mind — makes a token
  2. Lord Skitter, Sewer King — hits a graveyard

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything deals noncombat damage — 3,068 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin deals noncombat damage:

  1. Quest for Pure Flame — puts a quest counter on itself
  2. Soul-Scar Mage — puts that many counters on a permanent
  3. Fear of Burning Alive — deals that amount damage
  4. Niv-Mizzet, Visionary — draws you that many cards
  5. Ghyrson Starn, Kelermorph — deals 2 damage
  6. Chandra's Incinerator — deals that much damage
  7. Chandra's Pyreling — gets +1/+0
  8. Talon of Pain — puts a charge counter on itself
  9. Thor, Guardian of Midgard — exiles a card from your library
  10. Virtue of Courage // Embereth Blaze — exiles a card from your library

36 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin makes a player lose life:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Zahur, Glory's Past — raises your speed
  3. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  4. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  5. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  6. Embalmed Ascendant — raises your speed
  7. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  8. Oath of Lim-Dûl — sacrifices an enchantment
  9. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — triggers
  10. Lich's Mastery — triggers

46 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

put a card into a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Snarling Gorehound — Snarling Gorehound fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  2. Tenured Oilcaster — Tenured Oilcaster fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  3. Bloodcurdler — Bloodcurdler fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  4. Billowing Shriekmass — Billowing Shriekmass fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  5. Extractor Demon — Extractor Demon fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  6. Seer of Stolen Sight — Seer of Stolen Sight fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  7. Madame Hydra, Reanimated — Madame Hydra, Reanimated fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  8. Starlit Soothsayer — Starlit Soothsayer fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  9. Archghoul of Thraben — Archghoul of Thraben fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs
  10. Balustrade Spy — Balustrade Spy fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Infected Vermin needs

7,579 other cards cause it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin attacks:

  1. Anthem of Rakdos — gives +2/+0
  2. Adaptive Omnitool — searches a library
  3. Kindred Discovery — draws you 1 card
  4. Invasion of New Capenna // Holy Frazzle-Cannon — puts counters on a permanent
  5. Chorale of the Void — brings a card back
  6. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  7. Saw — sacrifices a creature
  8. Gisa's Favorite Shovel — makes an opponent sacrifice a creature
  9. Ultima Weapon — kills a creature an opponent controls
  10. Total War — kills a creature

180 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin attacks:

  1. Temmet, Naktamun's Will — draws you 1 card
  2. Grim Javelineer — gives +1/+0
  3. Invisible Woman — triggers
  4. Caesar, Legion's Emperor — sacrifices a creature
  5. Guide of Souls — triggers
  6. Campsite Cuisine — sacrifices a Food
  7. Gossip's Talent — triggers
  8. Banon, the Returners' Leader — draws and discards
  9. Toph, Earthbending Master — puts a counter on a permanent
  10. Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ — sacrifices an Aura

112 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature blocks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin blocks:

  1. Mage Hunters' Onslaught — makes a player lose 1 life
  2. Carnage Gladiator — makes a player lose 1 life
  3. Tide of War — sacrifices a creature
  4. Dead-Iron Sledge — kills a creature
  5. Dwindle — kills a creature

23 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature attacks — 17,934 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin attacks:

  1. Mardu Ascendancy — makes a token
  2. Basri Ket — makes a token

1 other card cares about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature is dealt damage — 18,923 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

  1. Soul Link — When Infected Vermin is dealt damage, Soul Link gains you that much life

26 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature enters the battlefield — 19,800 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

When Infected Vermin enters:

  1. Slash, Reptile Rampager — deals 2 damage
  2. Ray Fillet, Wave Warrior — puts a counter on itself
  3. Bess, Soul Nourisher — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  4. The Neutrinos — gets +1/+0
  5. Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry — grants flying, haste and menace
  6. Aetherstorm Roc — puts a counter on a permanent you control
  7. Raphael, Most Attitude — exiles a card from your library

302 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything is dealt damage — 19,812 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

  1. Venus, Torn Between Worlds — When Venus, Torn Between Worlds is dealt damage thanks to Infected Vermin, it puts that many counters on a permanent

15 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

anything enters the battlefield — 26,499 cards in the game can cause this (Infected Vermin is one).

  1. Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle — When Infected Vermin enters, Prowl, Stoic Strategist // Prowl, Pursuit Vehicle puts a +1/+1 counter on itself

42 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.