Contract from Below

Contract from Below Variant

New • 21 Feb 2024 • Asked by thunderweb • 21 Comments

If no-ante version of Contract from Below is ever made, what color would it be?

I’m not sure what that means. “Draw seven cards”? No color can do it at that cost. Blue can have the text at a higher mana.
Blue Colors Contract from Below Mana

Contract from Below Variant

New • 05 Feb 2024 • Asked by banksyguythrowingthings • 18 Comments

If or when? Contract from below but you lose 14 life.

If.
Contract from Below If/When

Contract From Below Reprint

New • 04 Feb 2024 • Asked by mercenaryg • 20 Comments

Hey Mark, been looking through old cards recently and I have an 'If or When'.If or When on a functional reprint of Contract From Below. Just discard your hand (and only your hand) and draw exactly 7 cards.

If. That’s both not in black and too strong.
Black Card Printing Contract from Below Discard If/When Power Level Reprints Your Hand

Silver-bordered Rules Issue

New • 17 Oct 2021 • Asked by kaveriniofficial • 49 Comments

Silver-bordered rules question: what happens if you're not playing for ante and get an ante card (e.g. Contract from Below) with Spike, Tournament Grinder?

The card does everything it can save interact with ante as ante doesn’t exist.
Competitive Play Contract from Below Rules Spike Spike, Tournament Grinder

Contract From Below Power

New • 02 Jan 2020 • Asked by heshotmeagain • 22 Comments

Is contract from below stronger than p9

In a game with ante, I believe so.
Contract from Below

Ante Card Rules

New • 05 Jun 2013 • Asked by petercooperjr • 6 Comments

Un-rules question: If I use Booster Tutor to open a really old pack that has an Ante card (like Contract from Below), can I pick it and play it? The Ante card Oracle texts only say to remove them from your deck *before* playing if you're not playing for ante, and say nothing about banning themselves if they enter your hand while playing.

Your problem is that the game no longer supports ante.
Bannings Booster Tutor Boosters Contract from Below Format Legality Rules Tutoring Un-sets Your Hand

Powerful Ante Cards

New • 06 Feb 2013 • Asked by tombombadil99 • 4 Comments

The casual 5-Color format allows ante cards. Does this mean that Contract from Below is the most powerful card you can play in 5-Color?

Contract from Below is the most powerful card in almost any format you’re allowed to play it.
Casual Play Colors Contract from Below

Contract From Below Ban

New • 06 Feb 2013 • Asked by calintares • 13 Comments

If Contract From Below didn't have the ante text and was just a regular old "B:discard your hand and draw 7", would it still be banned?

Contract from Below, with the ante rider, might be the most powerful Magic card ever printed. Ever! So, yes.
Bannings Card Printing Contract from Below Discard Format Legality Your Hand

Comparing Powerful Cards

New • 27 Jan 2013 • Asked by stephenmilner • 25 Comments

No, Mark. There are no cards better than Ancestral Recall. The only way to make a better card would be to make it free, or make it draw more cards.

For starters, Contract from Below also costs one mana and it draws seven cards.
Ancestral Recall Contract from Below Mana

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