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CorruptHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· The Brothers' War· November 18, 2022
Carte Magic Corrupt

Corrupt is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

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Official card text

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

How it works : Corrupt

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    Corrupt counts any land you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    Corrupt counts any land you control with the subtype Swamp, not just ones named Swamp.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    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).

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  4. #4· Wizards of the Coast

    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.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  5. #5· Wizards of the Coast

    The swamps are counted on resolution.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Interactions with other cards

These cards' text mentions Corrupt.

Skrelv's Hive
Skrelv's Hive

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and "This token can't block." Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, creatures you control with toxic have lifelink.

Consuming Corruption
Consuming Corruption

Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Glistening Sphere
Glistening Sphere

This artifact enters tapped. When this artifact enters, proliferate. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Corrupted — {T}: Add three mana of any one color. Activate only if an opponent has three or more poison counters.

Contaminant Grafter
Contaminant Grafter

Trample, toxic 1 Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to one or more players, proliferate. Corrupted — At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent has three or more poison counters, draw a card, then you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

Khârn the Betrayer
Khârn the Betrayer

Berzerker — Khârn the Betrayer attacks or blocks each combat if able. Sigil of Corruption — When you lose control of Khârn the Betrayer, draw two cards. The Betrayer — If damage would be dealt to Khârn the Betrayer, prevent that damage and an opponent of your choice gains control of it.

The Seedcore
The Seedcore

{T}: Add {C}. {T}: Add one mana of any color. Spend this mana only to cast Phyrexian creature spells. Corrupted — {T}: Target 1/1 creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn. Activate only if an opponent has three or more poison counters.

Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa
Ixhel, Scion of Atraxa

Flying, vigilance, toxic 2 Corrupted — At the beginning of your end step, each opponent who has three or more poison counters exiles the top card of their library face down. You may look at and play those cards for as long as they remain exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

Phyrexian Atlas
Phyrexian Atlas

{T}: Add one mana of any color. Corrupted — Whenever this artifact becomes tapped, each opponent who has three or more poison counters loses 1 life.

Tendrils of Corruption
Tendrils of Corruption

Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

Geyadrone Dihada
Geyadrone Dihada

Protection from permanents with corruption counters on them +1: Each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Put a corruption counter on up to one other target creature or planeswalker. −3: Gain control of target creature or planeswalker until end of turn. Untap it and put a corruption counter on it. It gains haste until end of turn. −7: Gain control of each permanent with a corruption counter on it.

Geth's Summons
Geth's Summons

Return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. Corrupted — For each opponent who has three or more poison counters as you cast this spell, put up to one target creature card from that player's graveyard onto the battlefield under your control.

Glissa's Retriever
Glissa's Retriever

Haste, toxic 3 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get three poison counters.) This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less. Corrupted — When this creature dies, exile it. When you do, return up to X target cards from your graveyard to your hand, where X is the number of opponents who have three or more poison counters.

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Legal formats

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