Lifeforce
Fourth Edition 257 • uncommon
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 257
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana green mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Green
- Artist
- Dameon Willich
- Market price
- $0.31
What it does
green mana green mana: Counter target black spell.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Lifeforce was released in 1995 as part of the Fourth Edition core set for Magic: The Gathering. As a reprint of a card originally appearing in the Alpha set, it represents a pivotal era in the game's history when Wizards of the Coast consolidated early expansion mechanics into a unified baseline for new players. The card functions as an enchantment that allows players to pay life to counter black spells, reflecting the game's early color-pie philosophy where green sought to suppress its thematic opposite.
The illustrative work for this version features the distinct artistic direction of the mid-1990s era, utilizing a style meant to evoke high-fantasy mysticism. While the specific illustrator for this version provided a visual interpretation of defensive elemental magic, the card is frequently noted by historians of the game for its role in early competitive sideboards, where its color-specific utility served as a foundational strategy for managing creature and spell interactions.
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