Life // Death
Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari 77 • uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari
- Collector number
- 77
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana // 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black · Green
- Artist
- Ryan Barger
- Market price
- $0.38
What it does
All lands you control become 1/1 creatures until end of turn. They're still lands.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Life // Death is a split card originally released in the 2001 set Apocalypse and later reprinted in the 2012 Duel Decks: Izzet vs. Golgari. The card embodies the Golgari Swarm’s philosophy of the eternal cycle of decay and regrowth, mechanics that allow players to either bolster their forces by gaining life or recur creatures from their graveyard. Its inclusion in the Izzet vs. Golgari duel deck was intentional, serving to highlight the Golgari guild's strategic reliance on the graveyard as a secondary resource pool.
The card’s illustration for the Duel Decks version was crafted to visually harmonize with the gritty, subterranean aesthetic of the Ravnica plane. Designers focused on creating a card that provided utility across multiple stages of a game, favoring versatility over raw power. Upon its release, it was well-received by players for its efficiency in black-green strategies, specifically within formats that prioritize graveyard interaction and creature-based attrition.
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