Contagion Clasp
Artifact
Contagion Clasp
Artifact
Card Text
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
, : Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 2
- Colors
- Colorless
- Color Identity
- Colorless
- EDHREC Rank
- #1,378
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (51)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | $0.29 | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #757 | uncommon | en | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | $6.28 |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | en | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | $0.54 | $4.97 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | $0.58 | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | en | Anthony Palumbo | $1.01 | $5.29 |
| The List (PLST) | #SOM-144 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | $0.42 | β |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) | #42258 | uncommon | en | Franz Vohwinkel | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) | #67 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Friday Night Magic 2011 (F11) | #10 | rare | en | Franz Vohwinkel | β | $4.80 |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | $0.58 | $3.74 |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | en | Anthony Palumbo | $0.56 | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | de | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | de | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | de | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | de | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | de | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | de | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | es | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | es | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | es | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | es | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | es | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | es | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | fr | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | fr | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | fr | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | fr | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | fr | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | fr | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | it | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | it | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | it | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | it | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | it | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | it | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC) | #140 | uncommon | ja | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | ja | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | ja | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | ja | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | ja | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) | #63 | uncommon | ja | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) | #129 | uncommon | pt | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | pt | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | pt | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | ru | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | ru | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Fallout (PIP) | #229 | uncommon | zhs | Zuzanna WuΕΌyk | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | zhs | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | zhs | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #391 | special | zht | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) | #144 | uncommon | zht | Anthony Palumbo | β | β |
Official Rulings (7)
An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Contagion Clasp's first ability is mandatory. If you're the only player who controls a creature, you must target one of them.
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