Contamination

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-	$ 9.95	6.61 tix

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Name	Contamination
Type	Enchantment
Description	At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice Contamination unless you sacrifice a creature. If a land is tapped for mana, it produces instead of any other type and amount.
Artist	Stephen Daniele
Set	The List #838
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Contamination

Contamination, Enchantment, designed by Stephen Daniele first released in Oct, 1998 in the set Urza's Saga and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of $ 9.95. It's a key card in 4 combos.

A deck that focuses on sacrificing creatures for value, such as a Black-based sacrifice deck, would benefit from using Contamination. This card can disrupt opponents' mana production by turning all their lands into Swamps, potentially crippling their ability to cast spells. While Contamination can be powerful in the right deck, there are other cards like Bitterblossom or Braids, Cabal Minion that offer similar effects with less downside, making them potentially better choices depending on the strategy of the deck. Ultimately, whether Contamination should see play depends on the specific deck and its game plan.

Rules

10/04/04

The second ability of this card is a replacement effect, not a triggered ability.

10/04/04

You choose whether to sacrifice a creature or not on resolution. If not, then you sacrifice Contamination. You can choose to not sacrifice even if you no longer control Contamination on resolution.

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