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Necrotic Wound

{B}

Instant

Undergrowth — Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of creature cards in your graveyard. If that creature would die this turn, exile it instead.
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal

EDHREC #18,582

Printings
4
Price range
$0.15to$0.26

Versions

4 printings · from $0.15

In products

Rulings

5 · latest Oct 5, 2018
  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    Because tokens aren't cards, they never count for undergrowth abilities.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    Creature cards with other types, such as artifact creature cards, count for undergrowth abilities.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    If you have no creature cards in your graveyard, the target creature gets -0/-0, and it will still be exiled if it would die this turn.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    Necrotic Wound's replacement effect will exile the target creature if it would die this turn for any reason, not just immediately after Necrotic Wound resolves.

  • WotCOct 5, 2018

    The value of X is determined only as the undergrowth ability resolves. If the number of creature cards in your graveyard changes later in the turn, the target creature is unaffected.