name: Contagion
originalText: You may pay 1 life and remove a black card in your hand from the game rather than pay Contagion's mana cost.\nDistribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.
printings: ALL, DKM, MB2, ME1, PRM, WC97
text: You may pay 1 life and exile a black card from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost.\nDistribute two -2/-1 counters among one or two target creatures.
type: Instant