First printed in Eldritch Moon (2016)
All 6 prints
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Creature — Plant
Defender
: Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.
There will be no absolution.
0/13
- Illustrated by
- Jung Park
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Rulings (3)
- Any toughness-modifying effects, counters, Auras, or Equipment will apply after its toughness is set to the player's former life total. For example, say Tree of Perdition is equipped with Cultist's Staff (which makes it 2/15) and the player's life total is 7. After the exchange, Tree of Perdition would be a 2/9 creature (its toughness became 7, which was then modified by Cultist's Staff) and the player's life total would be 15.
- If Tree of Perdition isn't on the battlefield when the ability resolves, the exchange can't happen and the ability will have no effect. Notably, activating the ability and giving Tree of Perdition -13/-13 in response won't cause your opponent to lose the game.
- When the ability resolves, Tree of Perdition's toughness becomes the targeted opponent's former life total and that player gains or loses an amount of life necessary so that their life total equals Tree of Perdition's former toughness. Other effects that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.007 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadows over Innistrad Remastered (SIR), Premier Draft | 47.9% | -6.4 | +0.2 | 541 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
101 combos, the most popular first:
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent: Bloodletter of Aclazotz + Tree of Perdition
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent: Tree of Perdition + Wound Reflection
- Near-infinite damage, Target opponent loses the game: Soul Immolation + Tree of Perdition
- Target player loses the game: Tree of Perdition + Triskaidekaphobia
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent, Target opponent loses the game: Ezio Auditore da Firenze + Tree of Perdition
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent: Astarion, the Decadent + Tree of Perdition
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent: Archfiend of Despair + Tree of Perdition
- Target opponent loses the game: Hateflayer + Mairsil, the Pretender + Tree of Perdition
- Near-infinite lifeloss for target opponent: Tree of Perdition + Warlock Class
- Target opponent loses the game: Blasphemous Act + Brash Taunter + Tree of Perdition
