Illness in the Ranks

set	min	mtgo
-	NZ$ 0.24	0.03 tix

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Name	Illness in the Ranks
Type	Enchantment
Description	Creature tokens get -1/-1.
Flavor	"Selesnya denied us tribute. Let's show them the error of their ways." —Milana, Orzhov prelate
Artist	Nils Hamm
Set	Gatecrash #69
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

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About Illness in the Ranks

Illness in the Ranks, Enchantment, designed by Nils Hamm first released in Feb, 2013 in the set Gatecrash. It see play in 2 formats: Commander and Pioneer. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of NZ$ 0.24.

This card, Illness in the Ranks, would be beneficial in a deck that focuses on generating creature tokens, such as a Token or Swarm deck, to weaken your opponent's board presence. However, there are potentially better options like Virulent Plague, which provides a similar effect but also prevents the creation of new creature tokens. Whether Illness in the Ranks should see play would depend on the specific strategy of the deck and the metagame it is facing.

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01/24/13

If an effect creates a creature token that normally has toughness 1, it will enter the battlefield with toughness 0, be put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action, and then cease to exist. Any abilities that trigger when a creature enters the battlefield or dies will trigger.

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