Corrupted
| Corrupted | |
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| Ability Word | |
| Introduced | Phyrexia: All Will Be One |
| Last used | Phyrexia: All Will Be One |
| Typical Text | Corrupted — If an opponent has three or more Poison counters, … |
| Statistics |
24 cards  20.8%  8.3%  29.2%  20.8%  4.2%  4.2%  8.3%  4.2% |
| Scryfall Search | |
| keyword:"Corrupted" | |
Corrupted is an ability word that gives a card different or additional characteristics if an opponent has three or more Poison counters.[1] It was introduced in Phyrexia: All Will Be One.[2]
Description
Poison counters have been a long-time favorite for Alternate-win conditions, but outside of a few individual cards, it's mostly been all or nothing. If you couldn't deliver the tenth poison counter, the first nine didn't matter much. Corrupted is a new ability word that highlights abilities that make cards stronger if an opponent has three or more poison counters.
Some corrupted abilities are activated. If you have a corrupted opponent, you can activate the ability, and if you don't, you can't. Other corrupted abilities are static, and their effects are active as long as an opponent has three or more poison counters. In multiplayer games, you need only one opponent to have three or more poison counters, not all of them.
Corrupted can be found on permanents, but there are also instants and sorceries with corrupted abilities. Some of these abilities provide additional effects if you have a corrupted opponent as the spell resolves. Others affect what a spell costs or what it can target.
Rulings
- In multiplayer games, only one opponent is required to have three or more poison counters for corrupted abilities to take notice, not all of them.[3]
- Some corrupted abilities are activated abilities that can be activated only if an opponent has three or more poison counters. Once such an ability has been activated, it doesn't matter if that condition is still true as the ability tries to resolve.
- Some corrupted abilities of instants and sorceries provide effects that happen in addition to the base effect of the spell if an opponent has three or more poison counters. Other corrupted abilities, indicated by the word "instead" provide alternative effects that happen instead of the base effect.
Examples
Example
Skrelv's Hive 
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 colorless Phyrexian Mite artifact creature token with toxic 1 and “This creature can’t block.”
Corrupted — As long as an opponent has three or more poison counters, creatures you control with toxic have lifelink.
References
- ↑ Matt Tabak (January 17, 2023). "Phyrexia: All Will Be One Mechanics". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Mark Rosewater (January 17, 2023). "Phyrexia: All Will Be One Direction, Part 1". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.
- ↑ Jess Dunks (January 27, 2023). "Phyrexia: All Will Be One Release Notes". magicthegathering.com. Wizards of the Coast.