Circle of Affliction
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Planar ChaosPLC · #66
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.08 € · ★ 0.83 € · 0.21 $ · ★ 0.75 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black
Card text
As this enchantment enters, choose a color. Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay . If you do, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Rob Alexander
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-02-02
Rulings
Each time a source deals damage to you, you may pay . You can’t pay more than , even if more than 1 damage was dealt.
If several sources deal damage to you simultaneously (for example, several attacking creatures), this ability triggers once for each source.
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.
The player you target doesn’t have to be the controller of the source that dealt damage to you.