Magery
Theme
Contagion Engine
6
Artifact
Artist:
Magnus Jansson
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.
4, T: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)
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61 | Borderless | Nonfoil | $13.61 |
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61 | Borderless | Foil | $24.67 |
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78 | Borderless | Foil | $34.68 |
Scars of Mirrodin
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145 | Regular | Nonfoil | $18.95 |
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Scars of Mirrodin
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145 | Regular | Foil | $19.64 |
Secret Lair Drop
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1095 | Regular | Nonfoil | $26.96 |
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Secret Lair Drop
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1095 | Regular | Foil | $25.69 |
The List
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SOM-145 | Regular | Nonfoil | $21.07 |
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Printings (5)
Rulings
You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
Players can't respond between the first and the second proliferate actions.
As Contagion Engine's activated ability resolves, you'll complete an entire proliferate action, then you'll complete a second proliferate action. You may choose different players and/or permanents, or different counters on those permanents, when you proliferate the second time.
Format Legality
Standard
Not Legal
Future
Not Legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Pioneer
Not Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Pauper
Not Legal
Vintage
Legal
Penny
Legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Standardbrawl
Not Legal
Brawl
Legal
Alchemy
Not Legal
Paupercommander
Not Legal
Duel
Legal
Oldschool
Not Legal
Premodern
Not Legal
Predh
Legal