First printed in Scars of Mirrodin (2010)
All 5 prints
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Breaking News (OTP) #61, 2024
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Breaking News (OTP) #78, 2024
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Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1095, 2022
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The List (PLST) #SOM-145, 2020
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Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #145, 2010
Contagion Engine 
Artifact
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.
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: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ), Premier Draft | 53.3% | -0.8 | +1.6 | 5379 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
42 combos from Commander Spellbook, the most popular first.
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter + Tekuthal, Inquiry Dominus
- Infinite turns, Lock: Atraxa, Praetors' Voice + Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Coretapper + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter + Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Doubling Season + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Lithoform Engine + Magistrate's Scepter
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter + Winding Constrictor
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magosi, the Waterveil + Nesting Grounds
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter + Pir, Imaginative Rascal
- Infinite turns, Lock: Contagion Engine + Magistrate's Scepter + Peter Parker's Camera
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Legal
- Timeless Legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Legal
- Premodern Not legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Legal