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Spread the SicknessremovalBudget$0.13Both are black removal spells that put counters on a creature and create value beyond simple damage or destroy effects.Virulent Woundremoval$0.23Another cheap black instant that places a counter on a creature and advances a counter-based strategy, though at a much lower mana cost.Contagion Clasputility$0.58A classic counter-proliferation card that supports the same incremental board-warping strategy, even though it is a permanent instead of an instant.Contagion Engineutility$17.08A larger version of the same proliferate plan, giving a bigger counter swing and repeated proliferate activations.Throne of Gethutility$0.79Provides proliferate support for counter-based black decks, especially those using -1/-1 counters and attrition engines.Grim Reminderutility$0.28Supports black counter-based strategies by interacting with permanents and resources in a similar incremental, grindy way, though it is not a direct removal analogue.Necroskitterutility$25.64While not a spell like Grim Affliction, it plays into the same -1/-1 counter theme by punishing creatures with those counters and turning them into threats.Blowfly Infestationutility$5.85A build-around card for the same -1/-1 counter ecosystem, creating a repeating board-control engine rather than a one-shot effect.
