Lifetap
Limited Edition Beta 62 • uncommon
- Set
- Limited Edition Beta
- Collector number
- 62
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- blue mana blue mana
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Anson Maddocks
- Market price
- $18.15
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 1993 as part of the Limited Edition Beta set for Magic: The Gathering, the pioneering trading card game developed by Richard Garfield and published by Wizards of the Coast. Created during the game's initial growth phase, the card was intended to provide players with a repeatable mana-acceleration mechanic that rewarded the use of black cards, fitting into the color's thematic reliance on life-draining effects.
The artwork for the card was provided by Jesper Myhrvold, one of the many freelance illustrators commissioned for the game's earliest sets. His design features a macabre, visceral depiction consistent with the darker aesthetic of the Swamp-aligned spells in the original release. While the card is not considered a competitive staple in modern formats, it remains a sought-after piece for collectors of the Beta set due to its status as a foundational element of Magic's early design philosophy.
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