Rule evolution

Rule 119.4

Previously numbered 117.4, 118.4.

Earliest archived Rules release: 2009-10-01 · 3 wording revisions · 2 renumberings

  1. Earliest archived Rules release117.4Details
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if his or her life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or her life total. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  2. Wording changed117.4Details
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if his or her life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or her life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  3. Renumbered117.4 → 118.4Details

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    117. Life

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    118. Life

    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if his or her life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or her life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  4. Wording changed118.4Details
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if histheir or her life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from histheir or her life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  5. Renumbered118.4 → 119.4Details

    Previously
    1. Game Concepts
    118. Life

    Then
    1. Game Concepts
    119. Life

    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if their life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from their life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
  6. Wording changed119.4Details
    If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, the player may do so only if their life total is greater than or equal to the amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from their life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)

Current in the latest available Rules
Unchanged since 2026-08-07.