A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
When it turns into a creature, it is no longer an enchantment.
If you have zero or negative life, half your life is zero, so it costs nothing to use the ability.
This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from VMA — 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.
Card #127 of *Vintage Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the June 2014 Vintage Masters release.
Card type: Enchantment, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {B}{B}{B} (3 converted).
Legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.
EDHrec ranks this card #27,572 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.
Illustrated by Scott Kirschner. Rarix catalogs 117 other cards credited to this artist.
Magic: The Gathering · ™ & © Wizards of the Coast · Illus. Scott Kirschner
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