Circle of Affliction
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 1
CMC: 2
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Planar Chaos (PLC)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 66
Oracle Text
As this enchantment enters, choose a color. Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay {1}. If you do, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- February 1, 2007
The player you target doesn’t have to be the controller of the source that dealt damage to you.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2007
If several sources deal damage to you simultaneously (for example, several attacking creatures), this ability triggers once for each source.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2007
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.
Source: wotc - February 1, 2007
Each time a source deals damage to you, you may pay {1}. You can’t pay more than {1}, even if more than 1 damage was dealt.
Source: wotc
Price History
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