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Ulcerate

Ulcerate

{B}

Instant

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.

"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes." —Liliana Vess

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Foundations JumpstartFoundations Jumpstart#499·Uncommon·English
Oct 22, 2026
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Legality

LegalCommanderNot legalStandardLegalModernNot legalPremodernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalBrawlLegalPioneer
LegalOathbreaker
Not legalPauperLegalHistoric
LegalTimeless

Rulings

Nov 17, 2017

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.