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You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.
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Played in tournaments
Share of published Premodern decklists that play Contagion (main or sideboard): 4,173 lists from paper events and MTGO in the last 90 days, through .
- Play rate · 90d
- 1.1%
- +0.4 ppup 56.7% over vs previous 90 days
- Play rate · 30d
- 1.4%
- +0.5 ppup 64.0% over vs previous 30 days
- Lists · 90d
- 44
- 50% main deck
- Avg copies (main)
- 1.1
- when main-decked
Monthly play rate (12 × 30 days)
Nov 22, 2025Oct 18, 2026
Months with few lists are noisy; early months have partial paper coverage.
Most often in (90d)
- Unclassified6% of lists · 23
- Mono Black Aggro6% of lists · 9
- Nether Spirit Control54% of lists · 7
- Mono Black Control7% of lists · 4
- Stiflenought0% of lists · 1
Printings (3)
Every tournament-legal paper printing (no gold-border, World Championship or oversized cards). Hover or tap a row to preview that printing.
