Spread the Sickness

Commanders that run Spread the Sickness most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Karumonix, the Rat King: 1,353 decks
• Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon: 577 decks
• Toxrill, the Corrosive: 567 decks
• The Scorpion God: 362 decks
• Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 361 decks
• Venser, Corpse Puppet: 309 decks
• Thelon of Havenwood: 123 decks
• Glissa, Herald of Predation: 121 decks

Often played with Spread the Sickness

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Wanderer's Strike
• Fallen Ferromancer
• Volt Charge
• Razor Swine
• Toxic Nim
• Scourge Servant
• Gitaxian Anatomist
• Unbounded Potential
• Relic Putrescence
• Puncture Blast

Rulings

• 2011-06-01: If the creature is an illegal target when Spread the Sickness tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't proliferate.
• 2013-07-01: If the creature regenerates or has indestructible when Spread the Sickness resolves, you'll still proliferate.
• 2023-02-04: You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
• 2023-02-04: If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
• 2023-02-04: Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
• 2023-02-04: If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
• 2023-02-04: An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
• 2023-02-04: To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.