Engineered Plague
Mana cost {2}{B}.
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
All creatures of the chosen type get -1/-1.
Engineered Plague is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Seventh Edition printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€6.04) · TCGplayer ($7.03) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €5.43 and €7.34 in that time.
How often Engineered Plague is played
Engineered Plague is maindecked in 1 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (1%), averaging 2.0 copies; kept in 52 sideboards (40%); used by 12 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 53 of them play it (71%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Engineered Plague
- Dromar Control: In almost every sideboard, usually two: every creature of the chosen type gets -1/-1, so naming Goblin, Elf, Zombie, Cleric or Soldier for Decree of Justice tokens kills those with toughness 1 and shrinks the rest. It affects both players: naming Cleric also kills your own Mother of Runes, and naming Soldier your own Decree tokens.
Sideboard plans with Engineered Plague
- Mono Black vs. Goblins and Elves. Against Goblins, in: all four Engineered Plague, Vendetta, Spinning Darkness and Powder Keg; out: all four Duress, both Nantuko Shade and a Withered Wretch. Against Elves, in: all four Engineered Plague, Powder Keg, Vendetta and Spinning Darkness; out: all four Duress, both Knight of Stromgald and a Diabolic Edict.
- Mono Black vs. Zombies, Clerics and Rebels. Against Zombies, in: all four Engineered Plague and Drain Life; out: Plaguebearer, three Duress and a Cabal Therapy. Against Clerics, in: three Engineered Plague; out: Plaguebearer and two Duress. Against Rebels, in: all four Engineered Plague and all three Gloom; out: all four Duress, two Cabal Therapy and a Ravenous Rats.
- Mono Black vs. White Weenie, The Solution, BW Control, Deadguy Ale and Dromar Control. Against White Weenie, in: three Engineered Plague, all three Gloom and two Dystopia; out: all four Duress, all three Ravenous Rats and a Cabal Therapy. Against The Solution, in: all three Gloom, two Dystopia and an Engineered Plague; out: both Cursed Scroll, both Diabolic Edict and two Ravenous Rats.
- Mono Black vs. Enchantress, Replenish, Terrageddon, Oath of Druids and Turbo Lands. Against Enchantress, in: all three Dystopia, two Gloom and two Engineered Plague; out: all three Smother, both Cursed Scroll, Plaguebearer and a Diabolic Edict.
- Mono Black vs. Reanimator, Full English Breakfast, Aluren and The Rock. Against Full English Breakfast, in: all three Dystopia and two Engineered Plague; out: all three Ravenous Rats and both Cursed Scroll. Against Aluren, in: two Engineered Plague; out: both Cursed Scroll.
- Psychatog vs. Goblins, Elves, Clerics, White Weenie and Zombies.
- The Rock vs. Tribal decks: Goblins, Elves, Zombies and Clerics.
- Deadguy Ale vs. Goblins, Elves, Clerics, Zombies, White Weenie, The Solution, Aluren and Full English Breakfast.
- Clerics vs. Goblins, Elves, Zombies, White Weenie, Rebels, Aluren, Full English Breakfast, Tron and the mirror.
- Dromar Control vs. Goblins, Elves, Clerics, Zombies, White Weenie, The Solution, Rebels, Full English Breakfast, Aluren and Decree of Justice decks.
- Aluren vs. Sligh, Goblins and Elves. Not in the reference list, but common: Hydroblast and Blue Elemental Blast in the blue-heavy lists counter burn and kill red creatures, Engineered Plague naming Goblin or Elf in the black lists.
- Zombies vs. Goblins and Elves. In: three Engineered Plague, and against Goblins the three Snuff Out to answer a turn-one Lackey before Plague arrives.
- Zombies vs. Mono-Black and The Rock. Against The Rock bring in Snuff Out for Ravenous Baloth and Krosan Tusker, and Engineered Plague naming Elf only against builds with Deranged Hermit, since naming Beast only shrinks their big creatures.
- BW Control vs. Sligh and Goblins. Engineered Plague naming Goblin kills Goblin Lackey, Goblin Matron and Mogg Fanatic and shrinks the rest.
- BW Control vs. Elves, Zombies, Clerics and White Weenie. Engineered Plague, in nine of ten sideboards, names the creature type that matters: Elf, Zombie or Cleric, and Cleric against White Weenie too, where it kills Mother of Runes, Soltari Priest and Soltari Monk.
- Gro-a-Tog vs. Elves, Zombies and Clerics. Engineered Plague, in half of the sideboards, names Elf, Zombie or Cleric and shrinks the whole team; Pyroclasm kills everything with toughness 2 or less.
- Pit Rack vs. Goblins, Elves, Zombies, Clerics and White Weenie. Engineered Plague, in almost every sideboard, names Goblin, Elf, Zombie or Cleric and kills every X/1 of that type; against White Weenie, Cleric hits Mother of Runes, Soltari Priest and Soltari Monk.
- Contamination vs. Goblins, Elves, Zombies, Clerics and White Weenie. Engineered Plague, in almost every sideboard, gives every creature of the named type -1/-1 on both sides: naming Goblin or Elf kills their X/1s, naming Cleric hits Mother of Runes, Soltari Priest and Soltari Monk, and naming Zombie also shrinks your own Zombie tokens.
Tournament decks with Engineered Plague
- Zombies: 2nd Place at Premodern Fight Club (2× sideboard)
- Survival Recurring: 1st Place at Monster Mash 2026 (4× sideboard)
- Hatred Zombies: Top 8 at Comix Café (3× sideboard)
- Moneyball: 4th Place at 4Seasons Summer Edition (4× sideboard)
- Pox Aggro: 1st Place at Magic Beijing #59 (3× sideboard)
- Zombie Tribal: 1st Place at Cloudpost PM 7/26 (3× sideboard)
- Enchantress Aggro: 1st Place at Phoenix Games Monthly (2× sideboard)
- 5C Good Girls: 1st Place at #2026 Krakow (4× sideboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 1st Place at Premodern Xpress #1 (3× sideboard)
- Contamination: 1st Place at UC Late Night (4× sideboard)
- Great Combo: 1st Place at Beijing Holiday #4 (2× sideboard)
- Mono Black: 10th Place at Bogardan War II (2× sideboard)
- Wizards: 8th Place at Adriatic Pile tappa bonus (2× sideboard)
- Clerics: 7th Place at Czech Premodern Nationals 2026 (3× sideboard)
- Mono Black: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (4× sideboard)
- Rogue: 2nd Place at 2026 Peach Ball (3× sideboard)
- Broccoli Soup: 4th Place at Premodern Beijing (3× sideboard)
- Mono Black Clerics: 3rd Place at IX Torneo Mensual (2× sideboard)
- Rogue: 1st Place at 5#2026 Krakow (4× sideboard)
- Moneyball Red: 2nd Place at 2026 Nantuko League (3× sideboard)
- The Rock: 3rd Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (4× sideboard)
- UBG Madness: 1st Place at Lega Roma - IV Tappa (2× sideboard)
- UWB Control: 5th Place at Premodern MTGO Challenge (2× sideboard)
- Basic Mono Black: 4th Place at Andre's League 10 Tappa (2× sideboard)
- Horror Stompy: 3rd Place at MTGO Premodern Challenge (3× sideboard)
- Red Broccoli Soup: 2nd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante La Casa dei Giochi (3× sideboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 4th Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (3× sideboard)
- 5C Solution: 2nd Place at Peach Ball @ Giga-Bites (3× sideboard)
- Quiet Tribe: 8th Place at Nacional Premodern - Second Chance (2× sideboard)
- Moneyball: 1st Place at LPP x Trial Épico (3× sideboard)
- Junk Nightmare: 1st Place at Premodern Monthly (2× sideboard)
- BR Carnophage Ponza: 3rd Place at Torneo @ Comix Café (3× sideboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (3× sideboard)
- The Solution: 1st Place at Polish Premodern Nationals (2× sideboard)
- Deadguy Angels: 1st Place at Lega Premodern La Contea (2× sideboard)
- Bwg Control: 1st Place at LA Open 2026 (4× sideboard)
- 5C Wizards: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá - UGCardShop (3× sideboard)
- Mono Black Aggro: 1st Place at Mogg Monthly: Sligh July (3× sideboard)
- Mono B Control: 7th Place at Premodern & Hooters 8th Edition (4× sideboard)
- Machine Head: 4th Place at Premodern Mainz Monthly (4× sideboard)
- zombies: 4th Place at La Parroquia Friday Night (3× sideboard)
- Black Contamination: 3rd Place at PREM Brescia (3× sideboard)
- Mono Black: 6th Place at PMPMPMPM XXXVIII (4× sideboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (3× sideboard)
- Pox: 3rd Place at Liga Premodern Alicante 2026 9ª Jornada (4× sideboard)
- BG Rack: 3rd Place at Lega Milano 3/12 (2× sideboard)
- Dromar Control: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá (2× sideboard)
- Moneyball Black: 2nd Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (3× sideboard)
- Super Wayfarer: 1st Place at Premodern Online Monthly (3× sideboard)
- Dromar Solution: 3rd Place at Side Event Final Pudraiser (2× sideboard)
- Black Clerics: 2nd Place at Lega Milano 3/9 (4× sideboard)
- 5 Color White Weenie: 4th Place at Grand Pre Louisville (2× mainboard)
- 5C Wizards Orb: 1st Place at Monthly Premodern Beagá – UGCardShop (3× sideboard)
Spicy brews with Engineered Plague
- Great Combo (1×)
- Deadapult (3×)
- Hypnotic Wurm (3×)
- Battle of Wits (1×)
- Painters (3×)
- Counter Sliver (2×)
- Coffers Control (2×)
- Darwin's Dead (3×)
- Draco Blast (2×)
- Bloody Clerics (3×)
