Tendrils of Corruption
Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana 54 • common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Collector number
- 54
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Vance Kovacs
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
Darkness doesn't always send its minions to do its dirty work.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tendrils of Corruption was first introduced in the Ravnica: City of Guilds set in 2005 before being featured in the 2009 Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana. This specific product was designed as a thematic showcase of the rivalry between the green-aligned Garruk Wildspeaker and the black-aligned Liliana Vess, serving as a ready-to-play boxed set intended to introduce players to the narrative and mechanical conflicts of the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.
The artwork for this version was commissioned from Vance Kovacs, a prolific fantasy illustrator known for his dramatic use of light and shadow. In this piece, Kovacs captures the essence of Liliana's necromantic power, utilizing a dark, visceral aesthetic that aligns with the card's function of draining life from a target. Upon its release, the card remained a staple in black-based control decks due to its efficiency as both removal and a life-gain utility.
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