First printed in Planar Chaos (2007)
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a color.
Whenever a source of the chosen color deals damage to you, you may pay 
. If you do, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
- Illustrated by
- Rob Alexander
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (4)
- The player you target doesn’t have to be the controller of the source that dealt damage to you.
- If several sources deal damage to you simultaneously (for example, several attacking creatures), this ability triggers once for each source.
- 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.
- Each time a source deals damage to you, you may pay . You can’t pay more than , even if more than 1 damage was dealt.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.02 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).