Exotic Disease
Sorcery
Domain — Target player loses X life and you gain X life, where X is the number of basic land types among lands you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Planeshift
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29072
Exotic Disease makes every opponent lose half their life total, rounded down — a four-mana sorcery that can swing the game clock by a full turn cycle at a crowded table. The catch is that you lose 2 life per opponent, which barely registers in Commander's 40-life context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Exotic Disease earns its slot — three opponents means roughly 15 life shaved off each of them for four mana, making it one of the most mana-efficient life-draining effects in black. It pairs best in aristocrats, lifegain-matters, or creatureless control shells that want opponents on a clock without committing to combat. Legacy and Vintage are legal but have no interest: the card is too slow and too sorcery-speed to compete in those formats. Exotic Disease is also legal in Oathbreaker, where the two-player dynamic cuts its impact roughly in half compared to a four-player pod.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Exotic Disease sits firmly in bulk territory — it costs less than a sleeve. Bulk rares rarely climb without a reprint ban or a breakout deck forcing a buyout, and this card has neither condition on the horizon, so don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.