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Ulcerate
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Foundations JumpstartJ25 · #499
- Card type
- Instant
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.21 € · 0.30 $
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Black
Card text
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- 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
- Johann Bodin
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-11-15
Flavour text
"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes." —Liliana Vess
Rulings
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.
