Card Codex

M:tG card similarity search

17 May 2024: Card library updated.

Contagion

3BB · Instant

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.

Similar cards

Color identity:
NameManaTypeText
Sudden Death 1BBInstant Split second (As long as this spell is on the stack, players can't cast spells or activate abilities that aren't mana abilities.) Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
Cloven Casting 5UREnchantment Whenever you cast a multicolored instant or sorcery spell, you may pay {1}. If you do, copy that spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.
Vermin Gorger 1BCreature — Vampire {T}, Sacrifice another creature: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. 2/2
Skeleton Ship 3UBLegendary Creature — Skeleton When you control no Islands, sacrifice Skeleton Ship. {T}: Put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. 0/3
Setessan Battle Priest 1WCreature — Human Cleric Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets Setessan Battle Priest, you gain 2 life. 1/3
Black Sun's Twilight XBInstant Up to one target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. If X is 5 or more, return a creature card with mana value X or less from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
Trusted Advisor UCreature — Human Advisor Your maximum hand size is increased by two. At the beginning of your upkeep, return a blue creature you control to its owner's hand. 1/2
Jace's Scrutiny 1UInstant Target creature gets -4/-0 until end of turn. Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Invasion of Eldraine 3BBattle — Siege (As a Siege enters, choose an opponent to protect it. You and others can attack it. When it's defeated, exile it, then cast it transformed.) When Invasion of Eldraine enters the battlefield, target opponent discards two cards.
Wrench Mind BBSorcery Target player discards two cards unless they discard an artifact card.
Page 338