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Corrupt

Card Name

Corrupt

Mana Cost

5

Type

Sorcery

Rarity

Uncommon

rules Text

Corrupt deals damage equal to the number of Swamps you control to target creature or player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.

Flavor Text

There are things beneath the murk for whom the bog is a stew, a thin broth in need of meat.

Legal Formats

Brawl, Commander, Explorer, Historic, Legacy, Modern, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy

Rulings

(10/4/2004)
The swamps are counted on resolution.
(8/15/2010)
The life you gain is equal to the damage dealt by Corrupt, not necessarily to the number of Swamps you control (if some or all of the damage is prevented, for example).
(8/15/2010)
The amount of damage dealt to a creature is not bounded by its toughness, and the amount of damage dealt to a player is not bounded by that player's life total. For example, if Corrupt deals 6 damage to a 2/2 creature, you'll gain 6 life.
(7/1/2013)
Corrupt counts any land you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp.
(10/14/2022)
Corrupt counts any land you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp.