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Tragic Slip
Oracle Text
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Morbid — That creature gets -13/-13 until end of turn instead if a creature died this turn.
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Character Background
Tragic Slip is a deceptively small black instant that plays like a whispered curse: for a single mana, it can tag a creature for -1/-1, but its real menace emerges when morbid is online and it becomes a brutal -13/-13 answer. That makes it especially strong in control, tempo, and sacrifice-based shells, where creatures are dying naturally and you can turn a cheap trick into near-universal removal. It pairs well with fetchlands plus sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, or Deadly Dispute-style effects, since you can engineer a death before casting it and make the upgraded mode live on demand. In Commander, it’s a particularly efficient piece of interaction against indestructible threats, small utility creatures, and commanders that rely on staying on board. Because it is so cheap, it also fits well into reactive decks that want to keep mana open while still threatening a swingy, game-saving answer.
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Character Background
Tragic Slip is a deceptively small black instant that plays like a whispered curse: for a single mana, it can tag a creature for -1/-1, but its real menace emerges when morbid is online and it becomes a brutal -13/-13 answer. That makes it especially strong in control, tempo, and sacrifice-based shells, where creatures are dying naturally and you can turn a cheap trick into near-universal removal. It pairs well with fetchlands plus sacrifice outlets like Viscera Seer, Carrion Feeder, or Deadly Dispute-style effects, since you can engineer a death before casting it and make the upgraded mode live on demand. In Commander, it’s a particularly efficient piece of interaction against indestructible threats, small utility creatures, and commanders that rely on staying on board. Because it is so cheap, it also fits well into reactive decks that want to keep mana open while still threatening a swingy, game-saving answer.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-21 21:20:44 UTC