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Q: What does Personal Incarnation do in Magic: The Gathering?

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only this creature's owner may activate this ability. When this creature dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.

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#33 • rare • English • Non-Foil

Personal Incarnation

Creature — Avatar Incarnation

: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only this creature's owner may activate this ability.

When this creature dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.

Illustrated by Kev Walker

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Legalities

Not Legal

standard

Not Legal

historic

Not Legal

pioneer

Not Legal

Modern

Legal

Legacy

Not Legal

pauper

Legal

vintage

Legal

Commander

Not Legal

brawl

Not Legal

alchemy

Rulings

If you attempt to halve a negative life total, you halve 0. This means that the life total stays the same. A life total of -10 would remain -10.

2007-02-01 • wotc

You do not lose life if this card is exiled or sent someplace without going to the graveyard first.

2004-10-04 • wotc

The owner of the Incarnation loses life when it is destroyed, not the controller. So if you control your opponent's Incarnation you can let it die to make them lose life.

2004-10-04 • wotc