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Living Artifact
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Magic: The Gathering
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Limited Edition BetaLEB · #209
- Card type
- Enchantment — Aura
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 25.60 €
- Mana value
- 1
- Colour
- Green
Card text
Enchant artifact Whenever you're dealt damage, put that many vitality counters on this Aura. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove a vitality counter from this Aura. If you do, you gain 1 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- OldschoolLegal
- PredhLegal
- PremodernLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Anson Maddocks
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 1993-10-04
Rulings
Does not trigger on loss of life, just on damage.
You can cast it targeting your opponent's artifacts. The controller of the Aura (not the controller of the artifact) controls the Living Artifact ability.
Other printings of this card
30th Anniversary Edition · #204- 30th Anniversary Edition · #501
Fifth Edition · #311
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border · #259
Fourth Edition · #259
Summer Magic / Edgar · #209
Revised Edition · #209
Foreign Black Border · #209
Collectors' Edition · #209
Intl. Collectors' Edition · #209
Unlimited Edition · #209
Limited Edition Alpha · #208