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Axis of Mortality

{4}{W}{W}

Enchantment

XLNIxalan#3mythic

The Church of Dusk teaches there is no gain without loss, no triumph without sacrifice, no drink of exquisite crimson without a dying gasp.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 4178
Illustrator
Bastien L. Deharme
Found in
Ixalan MTGO Redemption · Ixalan MTGO Redemption Foil · 2 more
Printings2Combos25EDHREC rank#11,337
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may have two target players exchange life totals.
Market · per finishspark updated 24h ago · prices as of 2026-08-29
Nonfoil+11.2%
$1.19
$0.65 low-$0.15 gapTCGplayer
Foil-2.6%
$2.60
$1.33 low-$0.27 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$1.19· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

4 · latest Sep 29, 2017
  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    If a player can’t gain life, that player can’t exchange life totals with a player with a higher life total. If a player can’t lose life, that player can’t exchange life totals with a player with a lower life total. In either of these cases, neither player’s life total will change.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    If one of the targeted players is an illegal target when the triggered ability of Axis of Mortality tries to resolve, the exchange won’t happen. Neither player’s life total will change.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, each player is considered to have the same life total as their team. If the two targeted players are on different teams, those players gain or lose the appropriate amount of life so that the teams end up exchanging life totals. If the two targeted players are teammates, they can’t exchange life totals.

  • WotCSep 29, 2017

    When the life totals are exchanged, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player’s previous life total. For example, if player A has 5 life and player B has 3 life before the exchange, player A will lose 2 life and player B will gain 2 life. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them.