Card

Sustaining Spirit

Creature — Angel Spirit


Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.

"Faith is our greatest protector." —Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran priest


  Masters Edition II (ME2)
#36, Rare

Illustrated by: Rebecca Guay
Multiverse ID: 184744

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Historic Brawl
Not Legal Modern
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2008-10-01
    Sustaining Spirit won't prevent you from losing the game if your life total is 0 or less or some other effect causes you to lose the game.
  • 2008-10-01
    The ability doesn't change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. An effect such as Spirit Link will see the full amount of damage being dealt.
  • 2004-10-04
    Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You still take it all.
  • 2008-10-01
    The second ability applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as "lose 1 life" or "pay 1 life") can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.
  • 2008-10-01
    If an effect asks you to pay life, you can't pay more life than you have.
  • 2008-10-01
    The second ability is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.
  • 2008-10-01
    Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it's not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can't be made. For example, if a permanent with "cumulative upkeep " has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay or sacrifice the permanent.
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