Contamination
Enchantment
Contamination
Enchantment
Card Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice a creature.
If a land is tapped for mana, it produces instead of any other type and amount.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 3
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- EDHREC Rank
- #7,736
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (12)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) | #178 | rare | en | Stephen Daniele | $5.63 | $41.75 |
| The List (PLST) | #USG-123 | rare | en | Stephen Daniele | $9.83 | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | en | Stephen Daniele | $12.01 | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | de | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | es | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | fr | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | it | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | ja | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | ko | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | pt | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | zhs | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
| Urza's Saga (USG) | #123 | rare | zht | Stephen Daniele | — | — |
Official Rulings (3)
The second ability of this card is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability.
You choose whether to sacrifice a creature or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice Contamination. You can choose to not sacrifice even if you no longer control Contamination on resolution.
External effects that generate more mana still generate their additional mana as directed without being affected by this card. Effects which generate more mana based on what type of mana the land produces will be affected in color but not in amount.
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