An ability that triggers "whenever you gain life" triggers just once for each life-gaining event, no matter how much life you gain.
Scion of the Swarm
If Scion of the Swarm is dealt lethal damage at the same time that you gain life, it won't receive a counter from its ability in time to save it.
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, a "whenever you gain life" ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
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This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from J25 — 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 #487 of *Foundations Jumpstart*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2024 Foundations Jumpstart release.
Card type: Creature — Vampire Cleric, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {3}{B}{B} (5 converted). Keyword abilities: Flying.
Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.
EDHrec ranks this card #16,729 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Ekaterina Burmak. Rarix catalogs 319 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Ekaterina Burmak
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