Smallpox
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Time Spiral RemasteredTSR · #139
- Card type
- Sorcery
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.27 € · ★ 2.49 € · 0.40 $ · ★ 2.59 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- TimelessLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Janine Johnston
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2021-03-19
Flavour text
"Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm them with many small sufferings." —Ratadrabik of Urborg
Rulings
Any abilities of the lands sacrificed may modify or trigger on the creatures being sacrificed and on the cards being discarded. Abilities of the creatures won't modify or trigger on the lands being sacrificed, but may modify or trigger on the cards being discarded.
Any abilities that trigger while Smallpox is resolving will wait to be put onto the stack until Smallpox is done resolving.
As Smallpox resolves, first each player loses 1 life at the same time. Next, each player chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then all of the cards are discarded at the same time. Then starting with the player whose turn it is and proceeding in turn order, each player chooses a creature, knowing the choices made before them. All of the creatures are sacrificed at the same time, then finally repeat this process for lands.
