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Contract Killing

{3}{B}{B}

Sorcery

XLNIxalan#95common
Foil

For a price, the floating city of High and Dry offers all the amenities a pirate could want: rest, recreation, and revenge.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 896
Illustrator
Winona Nelson
Found in
Ixalan MTGO Redemption · Ixalan Deck Builders Toolkit · 3 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Destroy target creature. Create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Plays as: Mana Fixer · Treasure Generator · Spot Removal · Treasure Maker

Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil-4.8%
$0.20
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.33
$0.25 low$0.17 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.20· across 2 printings

Rulings

1 · latest Sep 29, 2017 · one tap opens all
  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Contract Killing resolves, the entire spell doesn't resolve. You won't get Treasures. If, on the other hand, the target is a legal target but isn't destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you'll get Treasures.

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