MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #499

Ulcerate

j25·#499·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Johann Bodin

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wishlisted

Nov '24

1 yr ago

Value

$0.23+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $0.24 · low $0.22

NM$0.23

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$0.21–$0.24modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $0.23low $0.16range 43.8%n 45

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #15,640 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.23

Gameplay

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.

"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes." —Liliana Vess

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2017-11-17wotc

The loss of life isn't a cost. If the target creature is an illegal target when Ulcerate tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't lose any life.

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $0.23. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.16 and $0.23 across 45 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — 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 #499 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.

Card type: Instant, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {B} (1 converted).

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

EDHrec ranks this card #15,640 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Johann Bodin. Rarix catalogs 590 other cards credited to this artist.