First printed in Alliances (1996)
All 6 prints
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Mystery Booster 2 (MB2) #126, 2024
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Magic Online Promos (PRM) #62485, 2016 (digital)
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Masters Edition (ME1) #64, 2007 (digital)
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Deckmasters (DKM) #2, 2001
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World Championship Decks 1997 (WC97) #js45, 1997
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Alliances (ALL) #45, 1996
Contagion 
Instant
You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Distribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.
In the last 30 days 7.3% of Premodern decks played it (3 of 41). Most played in Mono-Black (unclassified).
Legality
Constructed
- Standard Not legal
- Pioneer Not legal
- Modern Not legal
- Legacy Legal
- Vintage Legal
- Pauper Not legal
- Future Standard Not legal
- Historic Not legal
- Timeless Not legal
- Alchemy Not legal
- Penny Dreadful Not legal
- Premodern Legal
- Old School 93/94 Not legal
Singleton
- Gladiator Not legal
Commander formats
- Commander Legal
- Duel Commander Legal
- Pauper Commander Not legal
- PreDH Legal
- Tiny Leaders Not legal
- Oathbreaker Legal
- Brawl Not legal
- Standard Brawl Not legal
- Competitive Brawl Not legal