Infest
Sorcery
All creatures get -2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Archenemy
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #20843
Infest wipes out every creature with 2 or fewer toughness — tokens, mana dorks, utility weenies — for three mana at instant speed. It's a one-sided board wipe in any deck whose creatures are built to survive it, and that's the whole case for running it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Infest earns its slot: token strategies are everywhere, and a three-mana instant that blanks an entire Elves or Soldiers board while leaving your 3-toughness beaters untouched is genuine value. Outside Commander, Infest is legal in Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, but those formats move too fast and run too many creatures above the toughness threshold for a sorcery-speed -1/-1 effect to matter — better sweepers exist at every price point. It's a Commander-specific tool.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Infest is pure bulk — you're not paying a premium for power, you're paying for cardboard. That price is stable; there's no scarcity or spike risk on a card this widely printed, so pick it up whenever and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.