20 cards where the text includes “starting” and the text includes “life” and the text includes “total”
Speaker of the Heavens {W}
Creature — Human Cleric
Vigilance, lifelink
{T}: Create a 4/4 white Angel creature token with flying. Activate only if you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total and only as a sorcery.
“All are welcome in the angels’ light.”
Illustrated by Randy Vargas
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Angel Token, TM21 #1 |
| Speaker of the Heavens, M21 #347 |
Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim {W}{B}
Legendary Creature — Kor Cleric
Deathtouch
{1}, Sacrifice another creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature’s toughness.
{1}{W}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Exile target nonland permanent. Activate only if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total.
Illustrated by Cynthia Sheppard
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Chalice of Life {3}
Artifact
{T}: You gain 1 life. Then if you have at least 10 life more than your starting life total, transform Chalice of Life.
The sweet taste of hope’s promise.
Chalice of Death
Artifact
{T}: Target player loses 5 life.
The bitter taste of life’s only certainty.
Illustrated by Ryan Yee
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Dark Ascension Checklist Card, TDKA #4 |
| Chalice of Life // Chalice of Death, DKA #146 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark Ascension | $0.39 | €0.60 | 0.03 |
Happily Ever After {2}{W}
Enchantment
When Happily Ever After enters the battlefield, each player gains 5 life and draws a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if there are five colors among permanents you control, there are six or more card types among permanents you control and/or cards in your graveyard, and your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, you win the game.
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Illustrated by Matt Stewart
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Long Rest {X}{G}{G}{G}
Sorcery
Return X target cards with different mana values from your graveyard to your hand. If eight or more cards were returned to your hand this way, your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Exile Long Rest.
A job well done means a rest well earned.
Illustrated by Chris Seaman
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Oketra's Last Mercy {1}{W}{W}
Sorcery
Your life total becomes equal to your starting life total. Lands you control don’t untap during your next untap step.
To the end, all Oketra did was for others.
Illustrated by Howard Lyon
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Path of Bravery {2}{W}
Enchantment
As long as your life total is greater than or equal to your starting life total, creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever one or more creatures you control attack, you gain life equal to the number of attacking creatures.
Illustrated by Chris Rahn
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Righteous Valkyrie {2}{W}
Creature — Angel Cleric
Flying
Whenever another Angel or Cleric enters the battlefield under your control, you gain life equal to that creature’s toughness.
As long as you have at least 7 life more than your starting life total, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Illustrated by Chris Rahn
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
A-Cosmos Elixir {4}
Artifact
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life and scry 1.
Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Not Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Not Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Not Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Not Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Ajani, Strength of the Pride {2}{W}{W}
Legendary Planeswalker — Ajani
+1: You gain life equal to the number of creatures you control plus the number of planeswalkers you control.
−2: Create a 2/2 white Cat Soldier creature token named Ajani’s Pridemate with “Whenever you gain life, put a +1/+1 counter on Ajani’s Pridemate.”
0: If you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, exile Ajani, Strength of the Pride and each artifact and creature your opponents control.
Illustrated by Chris Rallis
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Ajani's Pridemate Token, TM20 #1 |
| Ajani, Strength of the Pride, M20 #2 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jumpstart 2022 | $3.19 | €2.72 | |
| The List | $3.07 | ||
| Core Set 2020 Promos #2p | $4.39 | €5.94 | |
| Core Set 2020 Promos #2s | ✶ $17.79 | ||
| Core Set 2020 | $3.17 | €2.84 | 0.15 |
| View all prints → | |||
Bane, Lord of Darkness {1}{W}{U}{B}
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bane, Lord of Darkness has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, target opponent may have you draw a card. If they don’t, you may put a creature card with equal or lesser toughness from your hand onto the battlefield.
Illustrated by Billy Christian
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Cosmos Elixir {4}
Artifact
At the beginning of your end step, draw a card if your life total is greater than your starting life total. Otherwise, you gain 2 life.
The Skoti owe their immortality to the elixir, and the manner of its creation is their most closely guarded secret.
Illustrated by Volkan Baǵa
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| A-Cosmos Elixir #A-237 |
| Cosmos Elixir #368 |
| Prints | USD | EUR | TIX |
|---|---|---|---|
| The List | $1.33 | ||
| Magic Online Promos | 0.20 | ||
| Kaldheim Promos #237p | $1.79 | €1.30 | |
| Kaldheim Promos #237s | ✶ $2.38 | ||
| Kaldheim #237 | $1.56 | €1.48 | 0.02 |
| Kaldheim #368 | $1.39 | €2.39 | |
| View all prints → | |||
Angel of Destiny {3}{W}{W}
Creature — Angel Cleric
Flying, double strike
Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you and that player each gain that much life.
At the beginning of your end step, if you have at least 15 life more than your starting life total, each player Angel of Destiny attacked this turn loses the game.
Illustrated by Ryan Pancoast
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Anya, Merciless Angel {3}{R}{W}
Legendary Creature — Angel
Flying
Anya, Merciless Angel gets +3/+3 for each opponent whose life total is less than half their starting life total.
As long as an opponent’s life total is less than half their starting life total, Anya has indestructible.
Illustrated by Alisa Lee
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Bhaal, Lord of Murder {2}{B}{R}{G}
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Bhaal, Lord of Murder has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature and goad it.
Illustrated by Peter Polach
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
Exquisite Archangel {5}{W}{W}
Creature — Angel
Flying
If you would lose the game, instead exile Exquisite Archangel and your life total becomes equal to your starting life total.
A living invention born of a grand design.
Illustrated by Brad Rigney
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Myrkul, Lord of Bones {4}{W}{B}{G}
Legendary Creature — God
As long as your life total is less than or equal to half your starting life total, Myrkul, Lord of Bones has indestructible.
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that’s a copy of that card, except it’s an enchantment and loses all other card types.
Illustrated by Isis
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Not Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Not Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Not Legal
| Faces, Tokens, & Other Parts |
|---|
| Myrkul, Lord of Bones, CLB #544 |
| Copy Token, TCLB #19 |
Resolute Archangel {5}{W}{W}
Creature — Angel
Flying
When Resolute Archangel enters the battlefield, if your life total is less than your starting life total, it becomes equal to your starting life total.
Cut it down, bury it in snow, put it to the torch. The rose will still bloom again.
Illustrated by Anthony Palumbo
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Not Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Not Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Not Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Not Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Torgaar, Famine Incarnate {6}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Avatar
As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each creature sacrificed this way.
When Torgaar, Famine Incarnate enters the battlefield, up to one target player’s life total becomes half their starting life total, rounded down.
Illustrated by Lius Lasahido
- Standard
- Not Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Shadow of Mortality {13}{B}{B}
Creature — Avatar
If your life total is less than your starting life total, this spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the difference.
“Build your towers as tall as you want. The shadow always reaches higher.”
—Message scrawled on an alley wall
Illustrated by Robin Olausson
- Standard
- Legal
- Alchemy
- Not Legal
- Pioneer
- Legal
- Explorer
- Legal
- Modern
- Legal
- Historic
- Legal
- Legacy
- Legal
- Brawl
- Legal
- Vintage
- Legal
- Timeless
- Legal
- Commander
- Legal
- Pauper
- Not Legal
- Oathbreaker
- Legal
- Penny
- Legal
Their mind whirled with grand plans, never thinking of what might happen if they got to the end of the list.