Ulcerate
Mana cost
Mana value1TypeInstant
Color identity
Black
RarityUncommon
SetIconic Masters (IMA)
ArtistJohann Bodin
Price€0.13 · foil €0.45 · $0.29
Ulcerate 
Instant
Target creature gets -3/-3 until end of turn. You lose 3 life.
"If it were merely lethal, that would be sufficient. The art, however, is in maximizing the suffering it causes." —Liliana Vess
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerLegalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlLegalOathbreakerLegalHistoricLegalTimelessLegalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2017-11-17
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.



