Lifetap
Unlimited Edition 62 • uncommon
- Set
- Unlimited Edition
- Collector number
- 62
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $2.71
What it does
Whenever a Forest an opponent controls becomes tapped, you gain 1 life.
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
Lifetap was released in the Unlimited Edition set in 1993, representing one of the earliest expansions of the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Created by Wizards of the Coast, the game was designed by Richard Garfield to provide a complex, portable alternative to traditional tabletop role-playing games, with the Unlimited Edition serving as the first true mass-market printing intended to satisfy the high demand following the initial Alpha and Beta limited runs.
The card features artwork by Dameon Willich, whose style was characteristic of the early, dark fantasy aesthetic that defined the game's nascent visual identity. Mechanically, the card was designed to interact with the game's color-coding system by allowing players to gain life whenever an opponent plays a green spell, reflecting the game's intent to reward deck-building choices that countered specific strategic archetypes.
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