Phyrexian Unlife

New Phyrexia (NPH) #18 · Rare · Enchantment

Mana cost: {2}{W}

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.)

Illustrated by Jason Chan · Released May 13, 2011

Prices

Nonfoil price since August 29, 2026: down $0.12 USD (9.9%) to $1.09 USD; low $1.06 USD, high $1.23 USD.

Printings

  1. Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales #11 (WOT) · Rare · 2023 · $0.62 USD
  2. Secret Lair Drop #1213 (SLD) · Rare · 2023 · $10.85 USD foil
  3. New Phyrexia #18 (this printing) · Rare · 2011 · $1.09 USD

Legality

Rulings

  1. 2011-06-01 · 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).
  2. 2011-06-01 · 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.
  3. 2011-06-01 · wotc — If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.
  4. 2011-06-01 · wotc — 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.

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