Smallpox
Smallpox: Sorcery, Time Spiral Remastered. MTG card details, printings, market prices, official rulings, and format legality, all in one place on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
- Released
- 2021-03-19
- Collector number
- 139
- Artist
- Janine Johnston
- Commander rank
- 5,447 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Smallpox
Smallpox is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Time Spiral Remastered (TSR), a Masters set released in March 2021. It is collector number 139 in that set, with art by Janine Johnston. It costs {B}{B} (two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Time Spiral (2006) to Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.28 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.
"Great losses often bring only a numb shock. To truly plunge a victim into misery, you must overwhelm them with many small sufferings." -Ratadrabik of Urborg
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.28 (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 Smallpox 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 |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Smallpox
Smallpox has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #163 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #33 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive (SOA) #98 | Rare | 2026 |
| Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis (DDR) #61 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Conspiracy (CNS) #125 | Uncommon | 2014 |
| Magic 2012 (M12) #108 | Uncommon | 2011 |
| Time Spiral (TSP) #131 | Uncommon | 2006 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Smallpox, newest first.
- Any abilities that trigger while Smallpox is resolving will wait to be put onto the stack until Smallpox is done resolving.
- As Smallpox resolves, first each player loses 1 life at the same time. Next, each player chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then all of the cards are discarded at the same time. Then starting with the player whose turn it is and proceeding in turn order, each player chooses a creature, knowing the choices made before them. All of the creatures are sacrificed at the same time, then finally repeat this process for lands.
- Any abilities of the lands sacrificed may modify or trigger on the creatures being sacrificed and on the cards being discarded. Abilities of the creatures won't modify or trigger on the lands being sacrificed, but may modify or trigger on the cards being discarded.
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