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Magus of the Mirror

Card Name

Magus of the Mirror

Mana Cost

4

Type

Creature – Human Wizard

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

, Sacrifice Magus of the Mirror: Exchange life totals with target opponent. Activate this ability only during your upkeep.

Flavor Text

"Behold! The image of the enemy and all that she has. Trust your envy, and take it."

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(9/25/2006)
When the life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player's previous life total. For example, if player A has 5 life and player B has 3 life before the exchange, player A will lose 2 life and player B will gain 2 life. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them.
(1/1/2011)
If an effect says that a player can't lose life, that player can't exchange life totals with a player who has a lower life total; in that case, the exchange won't happen.