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Contagion Engine
Oracle Text
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on each creature target player controls.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate twice. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there. Then do it again.)
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Contagion Engine is a quintessential control and value artifact, turning a single six-mana investment into a sweeping board tax and a long-game engine. When it enters, the -1/-1 counters can cripple go-wide creatures, soften token decks, or finish off already-damaged threats, and because it hits one target player’s whole board, it rewards careful timing against the most developed battlefield. The real power comes from proliferate twice: it quietly snowballs planeswalkers, poison counters, charge counters, and especially -1/-1 counters, making it excellent in decks that already place counters or want inevitability. In practice, it pairs well with cards like The Ozolith, planeswalkers, or commanders that care about counters, and it can repeatedly pressure opponents while protecting a slower game plan. If you can untap it or copy its activation, the value becomes overwhelming, so build around mana acceleration and ways to keep the board stable until the Engine takes over.
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Character Background
Contagion Engine is a quintessential control and value artifact, turning a single six-mana investment into a sweeping board tax and a long-game engine. When it enters, the -1/-1 counters can cripple go-wide creatures, soften token decks, or finish off already-damaged threats, and because it hits one target player’s whole board, it rewards careful timing against the most developed battlefield. The real power comes from proliferate twice: it quietly snowballs planeswalkers, poison counters, charge counters, and especially -1/-1 counters, making it excellent in decks that already place counters or want inevitability. In practice, it pairs well with cards like The Ozolith, planeswalkers, or commanders that care about counters, and it can repeatedly pressure opponents while protecting a slower game plan. If you can untap it or copy its activation, the value becomes overwhelming, so build around mana acceleration and ways to keep the board stable until the Engine takes over.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-23 05:10:45 UTC