Contamination
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Urza's Saga #123 (rare)
- Price
- $17.81 USD
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you sacrifice a creature.
If a land is tapped for mana, it produces {B} instead of any other type and amount.
Contamination has 3 printings, first in Urza's Saga (1998). EDHREC ranks it #7,960 among Commander cards. It appears most in Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern decks (1,324 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Contamination most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Tergrid, God of Fright // Tergrid's Lantern: 1,324 decks
- Marrow-Gnawer: 1,024 decks
- Yawgmoth, Thran Physician: 874 decks
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare: 756 decks
- Braids, Cabal Minion: 751 decks
- Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker: 510 decks
- Maralen of the Mornsong: 258 decks
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder: 208 decks
Often played with Contamination
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.