Sorcery, 6WW (8) Count the number of cards in your library. Your life total becomes that number. Bantians believe those who are born into the highest caste and live a life of discipline and virtue can ascend to become angels.
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10/1/2008: Invincible Hymn checks the number of cards in your library just once: when it resolves. It doesn't continuously modify your life total as your library size changes.
10/1/2008: For your life total to become the appropriate number, you actually gain or lose the necessary amount of life. For example, if your life total is 20 and your library has thirty-two cards in it when Invincible Hymn resolves, Invincible Hymn will cause you to gain 12 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with Invincible Hymn accordingly.
10/1/2008: In a Two-Headed Giant game, Invincible Hymn will affect your share of your team's life total. (Your share is considered to be the team's life total divided by two, rounded up.) Your team's life total is adjusted by the amount of life you gain or lose as a result of Invincible Hymn. Suppose your team has 8 life and you have thirty cards in your library. Your share of the life total changes from 4 life to 30 life, for a net gain of 26 life. Your team's life total becomes 34 (26 + 8).
Shards of Alara
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