wotc
When a retrace card you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it’s put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.
MTG · Card
◇ Catalog #100
Syphon Life
mma·#100·common·foil
Illus. Dan Seagrave
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Jun '13
13 yr ago
Value
$0.10+$0 (+0.0%)
30 days high $0.10 · low $0.10
Volatility · stable
EUR€0.33USD$0.10TIX0.03 tix
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Played in EDH
EDHrec rank #24,328 · Fringe play
Variants
Gameplay
Sorcery
Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)
Leeches never tire of feeding.
Legalities
tlrlegal
duellegal
brawlnot legal
pennylegal
PreDH
Rulings · 4
wotc
If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it’s still in the graveyard.
wotc
Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You’re casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
Context
Last observed at $0.10, stable around $0.10 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $0.32 across 33 observations. Headline volatility reads stable. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.
Last observed on Scryfall 16 hours ago at $0.10.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from MMA — the lineup includes Foil and 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.
This card belongs to *Modern Masters* (released June 2013).
Card #100 in Modern Masters.
Rarity tier: common. Commons fill the bulk of a booster pack's volume.
Card type: Sorcery. Color identity: black. Mana cost: {1}{B}{B} (3 converted). Keyword abilities: Retrace.
Legal in Tlr, Duel, Penny, Predh, Legacy, and Modern.
EDHrec ranks this card #24,328 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Dan Seagrave.
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