Circle of Affliction
{1}{B}Enchantment
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As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay {1}. If you do, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
What it does
Tagged as Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- The player you target doesn’t have to be the controller of the source that dealt damage to you. (2007-02-01)
- If several sources deal damage to you simultaneously (for example, several attacking creatures), this ability triggers once for each source. (2007-02-01)
- If the damage reduces you to 0 or less life, you lose the game before Circle of Affliction’s ability has a chance to give you life. (2007-02-01)
- Each time a source deals damage to you, you may pay {1}. You can’t pay more than {1}, even if more than 1 damage was dealt. (2007-02-01)
Printings & prices
Every set Circle of Affliction has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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