Circle of Affliction
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SetPLC
Collector #66
Released2007-02-02
Rarityuncommon
ArtistRob Alexander
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
ScryfallOpen ↗

Circle of Affliction

UncommonColour IDMV 2
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay . If you do, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (4)
wotc1 Feb 2007
If several sources deal damage to you simultaneously (for example, several attacking creatures), this ability triggers once for each source.
wotc1 Feb 2007
The player you target doesn’t have to be the controller of the source that dealt damage to you.
wotc1 Feb 2007
If the damage reduces you to 0 or less life, you lose the game before Circle of Affliction’s ability has a chance to give you life.
wotc1 Feb 2007
Each time a source deals damage to you, you may pay {1}. You can’t pay more than {1}, even if more than 1 damage was dealt.