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◇ Catalog #30

Tendrils of Corruption

dde·#30·common·nonfoil

Illus. Vance Kovacs

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Mar '10

16 yr ago

Value

$0.12+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.12 · low $0.11

NM$0.12

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.11–$0.13modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.35low $0.04range 775.0%n 477

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,698 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil$0.12

Gameplay

Instant

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Darkness doesn't always send its minions to do its dirty work.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennynot legal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2021-03-19wotc

If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Tendrils of Corruption tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain X life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.12. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.04 and $0.35 across 477 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from DDE — 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 #30 of *Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2010 Duel Decks: Phyrexia vs. the Coalition release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume. Mana cost: {3}{B} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #8,698 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Vance Kovacs. Rarix catalogs 253 other cards credited to this artist.