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Forsaken Wastes

{2}{B}

World Enchantment

MIRMirage#125rare
Reserved List
Border
black
Frame
1997
Pull rate
~1 in 37–110
Illustrator
Kev Walker
Found in
Mirage Starter Deck · Mirage Booster Pack
Printings2CombosIn 1
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life. Whenever this enchantment becomes the target of a spell, that spell's controller loses 5 life.
Market · per finishspark updated 4h ago · prices as of 2026-07-14
Nonfoil+0.0%
$14.85
$12.08 low$5.58 gap
Cheapest playable copy$6.74· across 2 printings

Rulings

6 · latest Oct 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2008

    This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    Effects that replace an event with gaining life (like Words of Worship's effect does) will end up replacing the event with nothing.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    Effects that would replace gaining life with some other effect won't be able to do anything because it's impossible for players to gain life.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    If a cost includes life gain (like Invigorate's alternative cost does), that cost can't be paid.

  • WotCMay 1, 2008

    If an effect says to set your life total to a certain number, and that number is higher than your current life total, that effect will normally cause you to gain life equal to the difference. With Forsaken Wastes on the battlefield, that part of the effect won't do anything. (If the number is lower than your current life total, the effect will work as normal.)

  • WotCOct 4, 2004

    The loss of life from targeting this card does not work until after this card enters, so you can counter it without losing life.