MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #9

Tendrils of Corruption

DIGITAL ONLY

ha1·#9·common·nonfoil

Illus. Vance Kovacs

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wishlisted

Nov '19

6 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,698 · Niche pick

Variants

Nonfoil

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

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from HA1 — 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 #9 of *Historic Anthology 1*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2019 Historic Anthology 1 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.