Phyrexian Unlife
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SetWOT
Collector #11
Released2023-09-08
Rarityrare
ArtistHarry Conway
LanguageEN
Layoutnormal
AttributesBorderless · Reprint
ScryfallOpen ↗

Phyrexian Unlife

RareColour IDMV 3
Enchantment
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.)
Card capabilities
Enchantment
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Other printings
2 other English printingsEarliest 2011-05-13Newest 2023-04-14Cheapest priced $1.20 in NPH
Rulings (4)
wotc1 Jun 2011
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.
wotc1 Jun 2011
If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.
wotc1 Jun 2011
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).
wotc1 Jun 2011
Phyrexian Unlife won’t affect damage that reduces your life total from a positive number to 0 or less. For example, if you’re at 3 life and are dealt 5 damage, you’ll end up at -2 life. The next time you’re dealt damage, it will be dealt as though its source had infect.