wotc
If you attempt to halve a negative life total, you halve 0. This means that the life total stays the same. A life total of -10 would remain -10.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #40
Personal Incarnation
4bb·#40·rare·nonfoil·ES
Illus. Kev Brockschmidt
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wishlisted
Apr 1995
31 yr ago
Value
$3.00+$0 (+4.2%)
30 days high $3.10 · low $2.83
NM$3.00
LP—
MP—
HP—
DMG—
$2.77–$3.17modeled
30 days agotoday
90-dayhigh $6.74low $3.00range 124.7%n 49
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #29,453 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Creature — Avatar Incarnation
{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only this creatures owner may activate this ability.
When this creature dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.
6/6
Legalities
tlrnot legal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 3
wotc
You do not lose life if this card is exiled or sent someplace without going to the graveyard first.
wotc
The owner of the Incarnation loses life when it is destroyed, not the controller. So if you control your opponent's Incarnation you can let it die to make them lose life.
Context
Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $3.00. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $3.00 and $6.74 across 49 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from 4BB — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.
Card #40 of *Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border*, the set that shipped alongside the April 1995 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border release.
Card type: Creature — Avatar Incarnation, color identity white, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {3}{W}{W}{W} (6 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #29,453 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Kev Brockschmidt. Rarix catalogs 49 other cards credited to this artist.
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