Tendrils of Corruption
Foundations Commander 128 • common
- Set
- Foundations Commander
- Collector number
- 128
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Mike Dringenberg
- Market price
- $0.28
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.
"Even swamps need sustenance. We will give it to them, and in turn, they will sustain us."— Ezrith, druid of the Dark Hours
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Tendrils of Corruption first appeared in the Time Spiral expansion of Magic: The Gathering in 2006, designed as a thematic callback to the mechanics of the Invasion block. It was crafted as a quintessential black-aligned removal spell that scales in power based on the player's devotion to the color, rewarding those who focus their deck-building on black mana sources. The card captures the dark, parasitic essence of the color’s identity, draining life from a creature to sustain the caster.
For the Foundations Commander set, the card was reprinted with new art that maintains the iconic, oppressive aesthetic associated with the spell’s history. The illustration continues the tradition of depicting the dark, ethereal essence of corruption as it consumes its target, reinforcing the card's mechanical utility as a swingy, board-stabilizing tool in multiplayer formats. It remains a staple for players looking to balance aggression with life-gain in mono-black strategies.
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