Plague of Vermin
~$1.43 low · ~$70.88 high
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Black. Sorcery
Shadowmoor #73 · Illustrated by Carl Critchlow
Shadowmoor #73 · Illustrated by Carl CritchlowWhat is Plague of Vermin worth?
Cheapest copy
~$1.43
Borderless non-foil · Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material #7
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player creates a 1/1 black Rat creature token for each 1 life they paid this way.
Format legality
All 2 printings of Plague of Vermin
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Source Material pza #7· 2026Borderlessmythic· Cardmarket €1.17 · €2.02 foil | mythic | $1.43 | $3.35 | €1.17€2.02 foil | |
 Shadowmoor shm #73· 2008rare· Cardmarket €9.04 · €28.55 foil | rare | $20.39 | $70.88 | €9.04€28.55 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2008
- Printings
- 2
- Mana value
- 7
- EDHREC rank
- #7,238 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artists
- Peter Laird & Jim Lawson, Carl Critchlow
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Shadowmoor card (#73).
73
- 73Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Rulings (5)
May 1, 2008
The amount of life a player may spend must be equal to or less than that player's life total; you can't spend life you haven't got.
May 1, 2008
In a Two-Headed Giant game, each player on a team gets a chance to pay life. The team's life total is adjusted in between.
May 1, 2008
If a player chooses to spend life, their life total goes down immediately. This will affect how much life that player can spend the next time the process gets around to them. If a player chooses to pay life three different times during this process, for example, that counts as three separate instances of losing life, not as one.
May 1, 2008
After the process stops, the total amount of life each player paid this way is calculated. That's how many tokens each player gets. All the tokens enter at the same time.
May 1, 2008
In a game of N players, the process ends when all N players in sequence (starting with you) choose not to pay life. It doesn't end the first time a player chooses not to pay life. If a player chooses not to pay life but the process continues, that player may pay life the next time the process gets around to them.
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