Phyrexian Unlife
{2}{W}Enchantment
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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.)
Official rulings
- 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). (2011-06-01)
- 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. (2011-06-01)
- If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0. (2011-06-01)
- 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. (2011-06-01)
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