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RareColour IDMV 3
Sorcery
Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and draws four cards.
Card capabilities
Sorcery
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Digital formats
Other printings
This is the only English printing.
Rulings (2)
wotc1 Jun 2005
Bidding continues until all players except the one with the current high bid have declined to top that bid.
wotc1 Jun 2005
A player may bid more life than they have.
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