Life Insurance

Enchantment

Illustrated by Brian Valeza

EDHREC Rank #5,845

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Whenever a nontoken creature dies, you lose 1 life and create a Treasure token.

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Rulings (4)

The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.

Jan 12, 2024

The extort ability doesn't target any player.

Jan 12, 2024

The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.

Jan 12, 2024