Personal Incarnation
Fourth Edition 40 • rare
- Set
- Fourth Edition
- Collector number
- 40
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana white mana white mana white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- White
- Artist
- Kev Brockschmidt
- Market price
- $0.54
What it does
0 generic mana: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only this creature's owner may activate this ability.
When this creature dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Personal Incarnation was released in 1995 as part of the Fourth Edition core set for Magic: The Gathering. As a reprint set intended to consolidate the game's early offerings, Fourth Edition featured white-bordered cards and served to ensure that fundamental mechanics and iconic spells remained available to players during the game's rapid expansion in the mid-nineties.
The card was originally illustrated by Dan Frazier, a prominent artist from Magic's formative years. The artwork captures the conceptual weight of the card's effect, which ties a player's life total directly to their ability to summon a powerful avatar. While the card is noted for its high mana cost and restrictive play style, it remains a recognized example of the experimental top-down design philosophy that characterized early iterations of the trading card game.
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