Tainted Strike
Scars of Mirrodin · #80 · Common
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Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
"Welcome to perfection."
—Sheoldred, Whispering One
Card details
- Shown printing
- Scars of Mirrodin (SOM)
- Artist
- James Ryman
- Color identity
- Black
- Colors
- Black
- Mana value
- 1
- First released
- October 1, 2010
- Printings
- 2
- EDHREC rank
- #2341 on EDHREC
- Market price
- $3.47 (cheapest printing, updated weekly)
- Related cards
- Poison Counter (Related)
Legality
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- Standard BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- AlchemyNot legal
- GladiatorNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
- Pauper CommanderLegal
- Duel CommanderLegal
- PreDHLegal
- PremodernNot legal
- Old SchoolNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- FutureNot legal
Rulings (6)
A player who has ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action.
Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn’t get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn’t get -1/-1 counters.
Infect’s effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.
The -1/-1 counters remain on the creature indefinitely. They’re not removed if the creature regenerates or the turn ends.
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