---
name: "Consuming Corruption"
mana_cost: "{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MH3"
set_name: "Modern Horizons 3"
collector_number: "84"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Andrew Theophilopoulos"
oracle_id: "3bc0bd36-70be-4180-9fb3-b10ce054107b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/consuming-corruption-mh3"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Consuming Corruption
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Consuming Corruption deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

> *Attraversando il pantano, Lort l'Infido trovò la scorciatoia perfetta per la fine della sua vita.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Tendrils of Corruption](/printing/tendrils-of-corruption-c14.md) — Instant
2. [Corrupt](/printing/corrupt-bro.md) — Sorcery
3. [Swallowing Plague](/printing/swallowing-plague-chk.md) — Sorcery — Arcane
4. [Snuff Out](/printing/snuff-out-mmq.md) — Instant
5. [Infernal Harvest](/printing/infernal-harvest-vis.md) — Sorcery
6. [Defile](/printing/defile-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Modern Horizons 3 (MH3) #84
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Andrew Theophilopoulos
- **Total Printings:** 16 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`