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Immortal Coil

{2}{B}{B}

Artifact

Shards of Alara·ala #79·Rare·2008·Art by Dan Murayama Scott
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal

Oracle Text

{T}, Exile two cards from your graveyard: Draw a card.

If damage would be dealt to you, prevent that damage. Exile a card from your graveyard for each 1 damage prevented this way.

When there are no cards in your graveyard, you lose the game.

Print Details

Set
Shards of Alara (ALA)
Number
#79
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Dan Murayama Scott
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$0.56
USD Foil
$2.33
EUR
0.26
EUR Foil
1.09
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings6

10/1/2008·wotc

The third ability checks whether your graveyard is empty only at the time it triggers. Putting a card into your graveyard after that doesn’t help. You’ll lose the game when the ability resolves.

10/1/2008·wotc

The second ability prevents all damage that would be dealt to you, regardless of how many cards are in your graveyard. For example, if you have three cards in your graveyard and would be dealt 5 damage, Immortal Coil prevents all 5 damage and exiles all the cards in your graveyard.

10/1/2008·wotc

Similarly, if the third ability resolves but you don’t lose the game for some reason (because you control Platinum Angel, perhaps), it will immediately trigger again if your graveyard is still empty. Immortal Coil + Platinum Angel + an empty graveyard is an involuntary infinite loop. Unless a player disrupts it, the game will end in a draw.

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