
Printings
Triskaidekaphobia
Card Information
Type: Enchantment
Mana Cost: 3
CMC: 4
Part of the Reserved List: No
Color Identity:
Set: Innistrad Remastered (INR)
Rarity: Uncommon
Collector Number: 136
Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one — • Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player gains 1 life. • Each player with exactly 13 life loses the game, then each player loses 1 life.
Format Legalities
Card Rulings
- January 24, 2025
If each player has 13 life as Triskaidekaphobia’s ability resolves, the game ends in a draw.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2025
You choose one of the modes even if no player will lose the game. Players will still gain or lose life as appropriate.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2025
In a Two-Headed Giant game, each team with 13 life loses the game, then each player on each team gains or loses 1 life, causing the team’s life total to go up or down by 2.
Source: wotc - January 24, 2025
If you choose Triskaidekaphobia’s second mode and begin to resolve it while an opponent’s life total is 13 and your life total is 1, that opponent will lose the game before you lose 1 life.
Source: wotc
Price History

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