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Ulcerate

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Oracle Printed

Card Name:

Ulcerate

Mana Cost:

Mana Value:

Types:

Instant

Card Text:

Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.

Flavor Text:

"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes."

—Liliana Vess

Expansion:

Jumpstart 2022

Rarity:

Uncommon

All Sets:

Card Number:

481

Artist:

Johann Bodin

Rulings

11/17/2017

The loss of life isn't a cost. If the target creature is an illegal target when Ulcerate tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't lose any life.