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Sickening Shoal | MTG Deck Rec

Sickening Shoal

Sickening Shoal

Instant — Arcane

You may exile a black card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

Legal in Commander
About $8.98

What it does

removal-toughness
spot removal

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Art from Sickening Shoal by Dan Murayama Scott

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