ME2 · #36 · en

Sustaining Spirit

Creature — Angel Spirit

Cumulative upkeep {1}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

"Faith is our greatest protector."
—Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran priest

PLN regular—

PLN foil—

PLN etched—

Dane wydruku

Set: Masters Edition II (ME2)
Data wydania: 2008-09-22
Rzadkość: Rare
Artysta: Rebecca Guay
Mana value: 2.000
Mana cost: {1}{W}
Power / Toughness: 0 / 3
Layout / frame: normal / 1997
Foil / nonfoil: foil nonfoil
Scryfall ID: 9fe9e2e6-c430-4806-b833-dc6d91f7ed80
Oracle ID: 683c81ae-38cd-4db1-b7e7-a09d34b6431e

Rulings

2008-10-01

Sustaining Spirit won’t prevent you from losing the game if your life total is 0 or less or some other effect causes you to lose the game.

2008-10-01

The second ability is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.

2008-10-01

The second ability applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as “lose 1 life” or “pay 1 life”) can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.

2008-10-01

If an effect asks you to pay life, you can’t pay more life than you have.

2008-10-01

Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.

2008-10-01

The ability doesn’t change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. An effect such as Spirit Link will see the full amount of damage being dealt.

2004-10-04

Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You still take it all.

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