Life Insurance
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SetPRM
Collector #99925
Released2025-01-25
Rarityrare
ArtistBrian Valeza
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesPromo · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Life Insurance

RareColour IDMV 5
Enchantment
Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)
Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.
Keywords
ExtortTreasure
Card capabilities
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
5 other English printingsEarliest 2022-04-29Newest 2024-09-27Cheapest priced $0.28 in DSC
Rulings (4)
wotc12 Jan 2024
The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.
wotc12 Jan 2024
The extort ability doesn't target any player.
wotc12 Jan 2024
The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.
wotc12 Jan 2024
You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.