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Nine Lives

{1}{W}{W}

Enchantment

M21Core Set 2021#28rare
Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Illustrator
Paul Scott Canavan
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Hexproof If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on this enchantment. When there are nine or more incarnation counters on this enchantment, exile it. When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
Hexproof
Market · per finishtrend updated 4h ago · prices as of Oct 15, 2026
$0.37 low$0.11 gap
$0.65 low$0.15 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.67· across 6 printings· you're viewing it

Price history

last 30 days · set by the window above · each finish on its own scale
Nonfoil$0.67+3.1%30D
30D range$0.64to$0.70Since Feb 2024:H $0.84L $0.28
Foil$0.840.0%30D1.25× nonfoil
30D flat at$0.84Since Feb 2024:H $0.88L $0.34

Other printings

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Found in

4 productsRounded odds
  • Core Set 2021 MTGO Redemption

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil 1+ copiesFoil —
  • Core Set 2021 MTGO Redemption Foil

    Box Set · —

    Nonfoil —Foil 1+ copies
  • Core Set 2021 Collector Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $52.06

    Nonfoil —Foil under 10%
  • Core Set 2021 Draft Booster Pack

    Booster Pack · $6.24

    Nonfoil under 10%Foil under 1%

Combos

Rulings

5 · latest Jun 23, 2020
  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    If damage that a source would deal to you can't be prevented, you still put an incarnation counter on Nine Lives.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    If more than one source deals damage to you at once, prevent the damage from each of them and put that many incarnation counters on Nine Lives, even if this causes more than nine incarnation counters to be on Nine Lives. Leave it to cats to abuse loopholes.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    If you counter the first triggered ability or otherwise remove it from the stack, it will just trigger again immediately if Nine Lives still has nine or more incarnation counters on it.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    Once the first triggered ability is on the stack, it won't trigger again, even if more damage is prevented and more incarnation counters are put onto it.

  • WotCJun 23, 2020

    The last ability of Nine Lives triggers no matter how it leaves the battlefield.