Spread the Sickness
Mirrodin Besieged 56 • common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Collector number
- 56
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jaime Jones
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Destroy target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Life is ephemeral. Phyrexia is eternal.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Spread the Sickness was released in 2011 as part of the Mirrodin Besieged expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused on the conflict between the Mirran resistance and the Phyrexians, a biomechanical faction seeking to assimilate all life. Mechanically, the card was designed to demonstrate the infect ability, a signature mechanic of the Phyrexians that represents corruption and decay, allowing the spell to remove a creature while also proliferating counters on other permanents.
The artwork was created by illustrator Matt Cavotta, who has contributed extensively to the game's visual identity. His illustration for this card emphasizes the grotesque, industrial horror aesthetic of New Phyrexia, utilizing dark, visceral imagery to reflect the card's theme of biological contamination. Upon release, it was regarded as a versatile utility card within the set's limited environment, effectively serving as both removal and a tactical enabler for poison-based strategies.
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