Necrotic Wound
{B}Instant
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Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
What it does
Tagged as Removal — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- If you have no creature cards in your graveyard, the target creature gets -0/-0, and it will still be exiled if it would die this turn. (2018-10-05)
- Necrotic Wound's replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Necrotic Wound resolves. (2018-10-05)
- The value of X is determined only as the undergrowth ability resolves. If the number of creature cards in your graveyard changes later in the turn, the target creature is unaffected. (2018-10-05)
- Creature cards with other types, such as artifact creature cards, count for undergrowth abilities. (2018-10-05)
- Because tokens aren't cards, they never count for undergrowth abilities. (2018-10-05)
Printings & prices
Every set Necrotic Wound has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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