Contagion

Alliances · #45 · uncommon · EN

$0.37

cheapest of 27 store offers · see all

market $1.90

Mana cost: {3}{B}{B}

Type: Instant

Commonly played as: Removal

You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.

Artist: Mike Raabe

Released: 1996-06-10

Finishes: Nonfoil

Market price

  • TCGplayer: $1.90
  • Cardmarket: €1.81
  • MTGO tix: 0
$2.55$0.99
240 days of daily prices for Contagion: $1.00 to $1.90
2026-01-252026-11-12
240 days tracked · $1.00 → $1.90 (+90%) · low $0.99 · high $2.55
Daily USD snapshots; a flat stretch is a day with no new price recorded.

Other languages

The same printing (Alliances #45) in 5 other languages.

Store prices

The 3 cheapest per condition and finish, in stock at the last check. Offers not re-confirmed within 60 days are not shown. Prices in different currencies are compared at the current exchange rate.

StoreConditionFinishPriceChecked
ManaPoolSP · todaySPregular$0.37today
ManaPoolHP · todayHPregular$0.77today
ManaPoolNM · todayNMregular$0.81today
ManaPoolMP · todayMPregular$1.00today
Face To Face GamesSP · todaySPregularCA$1.59today
Card KingdomHP · todayHPregular$1.25today
CardTraderHP · 3 days agoHPregular€1.223 days ago
The Mystic StoreSP · 8 days agoSPregularCA$1.998 days ago
Face To Face GamesNM · todayNMregularCA$1.99today
First PlayerMP · 2 days agoMPregularCA$2.102 days ago
401 GamesMP · todayMPregularCA$2.25today
GamezillaNM · todayNMregularCA$2.40today
CardTraderDM · 3 days agoDMregular€2.203 days ago

Truncated: 14 further offers are available at a higher price in the same conditions, out of 27 in total.

Format legality

  • standard: not legal
  • pioneer: not legal
  • modern: not legal
  • legacy: legal
  • vintage: legal
  • commander: legal
  • pauper: not legal
  • brawl: not legal

In Gestic collections

  • Held in 22 lists
  • 34 copies tracked

Decks that play this card

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All printings of Contagion

USD · low $0.23 · high $1.90

Set#RarityUSD
Mystery Booster 2#126 · uncommon126uncommon$0.23
Magic Online Promos#62485 · rare62485rare—
Masters Edition#64 · rare64rare—
Deckmasters#2 · uncommon2uncommon$1.04
World Championship Decks 1997#js45 · uncommonjs45uncommon$0.45
Alliances#45 · uncommon45uncommon$1.90