Contagion Clasp
Contagion Clasp: Artifact, Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander. When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature. 4, Tap: Proliferate. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Artifact
- Colour identity
- Colourless
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC)
- Released
- 2026-01-23
- Collector number
- 140
- Artist
- Anthony Palumbo
- Commander rank
- 1,409 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Proliferate
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About Contagion Clasp
Contagion Clasp is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon colourless artifact from Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (ECC), a Commander product released in January 2026. It is collector number 140 in that set, with art by Anthony Palumbo. It costs {2} (two generic mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It has no colour identity. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and PreDH. It has been printed in 10 sets, from Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (2010) to Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this artifact enters, put a -1/-1 counter on target creature.
{4}, {T}: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Contagion Clasp by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
Other printings of Contagion Clasp
Contagion Clasp has been printed in 10 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Fallout (PIP) #229 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Fallout (PIP) #757 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Phyrexia: All Will Be One Commander (ONC) #129 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #391 | Special | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #SOM-144 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #42258 | Uncommon | 2013 |
| Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #67 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Friday Night Magic 2011 (F11) #10 | Rare | 2011 |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #144 | Uncommon | 2010 |
| Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret (DDF) #63 | Uncommon | 2010 |
Official rulings
Seven official rulings apply to Contagion Clasp, newest first.
- An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
- To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
- You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
- If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
- Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
- If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
- Contagion Clasp's first ability is mandatory. If you're the only player who controls a creature, you must target one of them.
Similar cards
Other artifact cards with no colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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