Infect

This guide to the **Infect** deck is in progress. The deck wins by dealing 10 infect damage points to the opponent as quickly as possible, using cheap / hard to block infect creatures, pump spells and counterspells/protection to protect the creature.

## Modern

### Core Maindeck Cards

#### Infect Creatures

* Blighted Agent

Unblockable + Infect = Very close to winning. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Glistener Elf

A very cheap Infect creature. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Inkmoth Nexus

As a man-land, this is immune to sorcery-speed removal (other than land removal). As a flyer, it is fairly hard to block. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Pump Spells

* Become Immense

Dirt-cheap (eventually) +6/+6 can end the game out of nowhere. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Might of Old Krosa

A single-mana sorcery speed +4/+4 with extra functionality as a trick. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Vines of Vastwood

A double-mana instant speed +4/+4 with extra functionality as defence. Can easily be a game-ending 2-for-1. Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Defence

* Apostle's Blessing

Defence for your creatures that can also get them past blockers. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Others

* Gitaxian Probe

Get some information about whether you need to keep defence/permission up, from a 0-mana cantrip. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Noble Hierarch

Taps for all the colours of mana you want and pumps your creatures if they attack alone. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Lands

* Breeding Pool

Taps for both the colours of mana you want. Can't imagine siding it out.

* Forest

The main colour of mana you want. Can't imagine siding it out.

* Pendelhaven

Taps for the main colour of mana you want and pumps any of your creatures. Can't imagine siding it out.

### Flexible Maindeck Cards

#### Infect Creatures

* Viridian Corrupter

A bit expensive, but it kills a Spellskite. Good against Affinity and decks with Spellskite.

#### Pump Spells

* Groundswell

Often (especially in the early game) a cheap instant +4/+4. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Mutagenic Growth

An (essentially) free instant +2/+2. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Rancor

A decent pump (lacking in toughness) that lasts beyond the turn it is played and even outlasts the creature it is on, as long as the creature survives long enough to wear it. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Interaction

* Dismember

A fairly cheap removal spell for most blocking creatures or utility creatures (like Spellskites). No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spell Pierce

Good early-game defensive spell. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Twisted Image

Kills opposing Spellskites (or Noble Hierarchs or Birds of Paradise). Good against decks with Spellskites.

#### Others

* Slip Through Space

Turns out making big Infect creatures unblockable with a 1 mana cantrip is good. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spellskite

Good card is good. Great in the mirror, or against Bogles. Good against decks with removal, or burn spells.

#### Lands

* Dryad Arbor

Not sure why people are playing this - perhaps to fetch in response to Liliana's -2? No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Misty Rainforest
* Verdant Catacombs
* Windswept Heath
* Wooded Foothills

They fetch Forests. Don't side them out.

### Standard Sideboard Cards

* Dispel

Blue decks sideboard dispel. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Nature's Claim

Makes things harder for Affinity, Bogles and Lantern Control.

* Wild Defiance

Pump and defence. No idea what decks this card is good against.

### Unusual Meta Cards

#### Infect Creatures

* Carrion Call

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Ichorclaw Myr

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Necropede

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Phyrexian Crusader

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Plague Stinger

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Other Creatures

* Kitchen Finks

Life gain is useful against Burn.

* Wall of Roots

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Pump Spells

* Ranger's Guile

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Interaction

* Avoid Fate

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Defense Grid

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Duress

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Grafdigger's Cage

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Inquisition of Kozilek

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Relic of Progenitus

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spell Snare

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Spreading Seas

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Removal

* Abrupt Decay

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Creeping Corrosion

Great against Affinity or Lantern Control, assuming you can get to 4 mana.

* Darkblast

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Echoing Truth

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Gut Shot

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Hurkyl's Recall

Great against Affinity or Lantern Control.

* Krosan Grip

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Natural State

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Naturalize

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pact of Negation

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pithing Needle

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Unravel the ?ther

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Vapor Snag

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Others

* Distortion Strike

Turns out making big Infect creatures unblockable for 0/1 mana is good. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Fog

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Noxious Revival

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Piracy Charm

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Pulse of Murasa

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Serum Visions

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sleight of Hand

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Sylvan Scrying

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Tezzeret's Gambit

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

#### Lands

* Island

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Overgrown Tomb

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Snow-Covered Forest

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Swamp

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.

* Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Because statistics say so. No idea what decks this card is good against.