Ulcerate
Foundations Jumpstart (J25) #499 · Uncommon · Instant
Mana cost: {B}
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
Illustrated by Johann Bodin · Released November 15, 2024
Prices
- Nonfoil: $0.30 USD · €0.18 EUR
Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: up $0.03 USD (11.1%) to $0.30 USD; low $0.27 USD, high $0.30 USD.
Printings
- Foundations Jumpstart #499 (this printing) · Uncommon · 2024 · $0.30 USD
- Jumpstart 2022 #481 (J22) · Uncommon · 2022 · $0.11 USD
- Iconic Masters #112 (IMA) · Uncommon · 2017 · $0.26 USD
- Magic 2015 #119 (M15) · Uncommon · 2014 · $0.18 USD
Legality
- Standard: Not legal
- Alchemy: Not legal
- Pioneer: Legal
- Historic: Legal
- Modern: Legal
- Brawl: Legal
- Legacy: Legal
- Timeless: Legal
- Vintage: Legal
- Pauper: Not legal
- Commander: Legal
- Penny: Not legal
- Oathbreaker: Legal
- Duel: Legal
Rulings
- 2017-11-17 · wotc — 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.