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Phyrexian Unlife

{2}{W}

Enchantment

New Phyrexia·nph #18·Rare·2011·Art by Jason Chan
StandardNot Legal
ModernLegal
CommanderLegal
LegacyLegal
PioneerNot Legal
VintageLegal
Phyrexian Unlife
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Oracle Text

You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.

As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)

Set
New Phyrexia (NPH)
Number
#18
Rarity
Rare
Artist
Jason Chan
Frame
2003
Border
Black
Language
EN
Finishes
Nonfoil, Foil
USD
$1.07
USD Foil
$8.12
EUR
€0.97
EUR Foil
€6.23
MTGO Tix
0.02

Indicative figures.

Card Knowledge

Related Cards

Poison Countercombo piecePhyrexian Unlifecombo piece

Legalities

StandardNot Legal
PioneerNot Legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal

Rulings4

6/1/2011·wotc

If you’re at 0 or less life and Phyrexian Unlife leaves the battlefield, you’ll lose the game (unless some other effect is keeping you from losing).

6/1/2011·wotc

You can still lose the game for other reasons, including having ten or more poison counters or drawing a card from a library with no cards in it.

6/1/2011·wotc

If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.

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