Name:Sickening Shoal
ManaCost:X B B
Types:Instant Arcane
A:SP$ Pump | Cost$ X B B | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature | NumAtt$ -X | NumDef$ -X | IsCurse$ True | References$ X | SpellDescription$ Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
A:SP$ Pump | Cost$ ExileFromHand<1/Card.Black> | CostDesc$ You may exile a black card from your hand rather than pay Sickening Shoal's mana cost. | ValidTgts$ Creature | TgtPrompt$ Select target creature | NumAtt$ -Y | NumDef$ -Y | IsCurse$ True | References$ Y | SpellDescription$ Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the exiled card's converted mana cost.
SVar:X:Count$xPaid
SVar:Y:Exiled$CardManaCost
SVar:RemAIDeck:True
SVar:Picture:http://www.wizards.com/global/images/magic/general/sickening_shoal.jpg
Oracle:You may exile a black card with converted mana cost X from your hand rather than pay Sickening Shoal's mana cost.\nTarget creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.