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◇ Catalog #136

Tendrils of Corruption

tsp·#136·common·foil

Illus. Mike Dringenberg

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Oct '06

20 yr ago

Value

$1.14+$0 (+4.2%)

30 days high $1.18 · low $1.07

NM$1.14

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$1.05–$1.20modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $1.14low $0.03range 3700.0%n 50

Where to buy / sell

TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #8,698 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$1.14

Nonfoil$0.16

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.

"Even swamps need sustenance. We will give it to them, and in turn, they will sustain us." —Ezrith, druid of the Dark Hours

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 $1.14. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $1.14 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from TSP — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #136 of *Time Spiral*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2006 Time Spiral 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 Mike Dringenberg. Rarix catalogs 141 other cards credited to this artist.