Tainted Strike
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)
Combos with Tainted Strike
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Hallar, the Firefletcher Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Kediss, Emberclaw Familiar Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Heartless Hidetsugu Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Hydra Omnivore Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Super State Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim Feldon's Cane Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim Tortured Existence Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
- Syr Konrad, the Grim Elixir of Immortality Infinite
- Each opponent loses the game
Showing the 8 shortest and most explosive. This card appears in more than these. Follow any of them through to Commander Spellbook to browse the rest.
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
6 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2011-01-01
Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
- 2011-01-01
If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn’t get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn’t get -1/-1 counters.
- 2011-01-01
Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
- 2011-01-01
The -1/-1 counters remain on the creature indefinitely. They’re not removed if the creature regenerates or the turn ends.
- 2011-01-01
A player who has ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action.
- 2011-01-01
Infect’s effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Tainted Strike, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whiplash, Vengeful Engineer | 1 | 1 | — |
| Zaxara, the Exemplary | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Black 1 deck
- Sultai 1 deck
Tainted Strike price history
The Scars of Mirrodin #80 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | $3.33 | $29.65 |
| Oct 5, 2026 | $3.30 | $29.65 |
| Oct 4, 2026 | $3.22 | $29.65 |
| Oct 3, 2026 | $3.13 | $29.65 |
| Oct 2, 2026 | $3.14 | $29.65 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $3.03 | $29.65 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | $2.97 | $29.65 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | $2.92 | $29.65 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $3.09 | $29.34 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Tainted Strike
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
The List
- Normal
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Scars of Mirrodin
- Normal
- $3.33
- Foil
- $29.65
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Tainted Strike. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
