Phyrexian Unlife
- Mana cost
- {2}{W}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1213 (rare)
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)
Phyrexian Unlife has 3 printings, first in New Phyrexia (2011). EDHREC ranks it #6,722 among Commander cards. It appears most in Zur the Enchanter decks (5,254 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Phyrexian Unlife most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Zur the Enchanter: 5,254 decks
- Mister Negative: 2,701 decks
- Selenia, Dark Angel: 737 decks
- Elesh Norn // The Argent Etchings: 447 decks
- Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin: 370 decks
- Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant: 333 decks
- Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite: 216 decks
- Verrak, Warped Sengir: 199 decks
Often played with Phyrexian Unlife
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If you’re at 0 or less life and Phyrexian Unlife leaves the battlefield, you’ll lose the game (unless some other effect is keeping you from losing).
- : You can still lose the game for other reasons, including having ten or more poison counters or drawing a card from a library with no cards in it.
- : If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.
- : Phyrexian Unlife won’t affect damage that reduces your life total from a positive number to 0 or less. For example, if you’re at 3 life and are dealt 5 damage, you’ll end up at -2 life. The next time you’re dealt damage, it will be dealt as though its source had infect.