First printed in New Phyrexia (2011)
Enchantment
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)
- Illustrated by
- Jason Chan
- Watermark
- Phyrexian
Legality
- Legal in
- Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, Standard Brawl
Rulings (4)
- If you’re at 0 or less life and Phyrexian Unlife leaves the battlefield, you’ll lose the game (unless some other effect is keeping you from losing).
- You can still lose the game for other reasons, including having ten or more poison counters or drawing a card from a library with no cards in it.
- If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.
- Phyrexian Unlife won’t affect damage that reduces your life total from a positive number to 0 or less. For example, if you’re at 3 life and are dealt 5 damage, you’ll end up at -2 life. The next time you’re dealt damage, it will be dealt as though its source had infect.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
43 combos, the most popular first:
- You can't lose the game due to having 0 or less life, Lock: Phyrexian Unlife + Solemnity
- Infinite card draw: Ad Nauseam + Phyrexian Unlife
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Mister Negative + Phyrexian Unlife + Wall of Blood
- You are unable to lose the game due to damage or lifeloss, Lock: Delaying Shield + Phyrexian Unlife
- Target player loses the game on each of your turns: Axis of Mortality + Phyrexian Unlife + Wall of Blood
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Blood Celebrant + Mister Negative + Phyrexian Unlife
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Doom Whisperer + Mister Negative + Phyrexian Unlife
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Mister Negative + Phyrexian Unlife + Unspeakable Symbol
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Mister Negative + Necropotence + Phyrexian Unlife
- Target player loses the game on each of your turns: Axis of Mortality + Necropotence + Phyrexian Unlife
