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◇ Catalog #45

Contagion

all·#45·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Mike Raabe

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Jun 1996

30 yr ago

Value

$2.16+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $2.24 · low $2.04

NM$2.16

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$2.00–$2.28modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $2.16low $1.72range 25.6%n 60

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,231 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$2.16

Gameplay

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.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennynot legal

PreDHlegal

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $2.16. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $1.72 and $2.16 across 60 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from ALL — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #45 of *Alliances*, the set that shipped alongside the June 1996 Alliances release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted).

Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,231 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Mike Raabe. Rarix catalogs 94 other cards credited to this artist.