TYPE
Sorcery

ABILITY
({R/P} can be paid with either {R} or 2 life.) Nonartifact creatures can't block this turn.

FLAVOR TEXT
"For the survival of our people, every conflict must now end in retreat." —Pythor, Mirran resistance

ILLUSTRATOR
Svetlin Velinov

LEGALITIES
Standard Future Historic Timeless Gladiator Pioneer Explorer Modern Legacy Pauper Vintage Penny Commander Oathbreaker Standardbrawl Brawl Alchemy Paupercommander Duel Oldschool Premodern Predh

LANGUAGES
DE EN ES FR IT JP PT RU ZH-CN ZH-TW

RULINGS

• 2011-06-01 Phyrexian mana is not a new color. Players can’t add Phyrexian mana to their mana pools.
• 2011-06-01 A card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its mana cost is each color that appears in that mana cost, regardless of how that cost may have been paid.
• 2011-06-01 To calculate the converted mana cost of a card with Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, count each Phyrexian mana symbol as 1.
• 2011-06-01 As you cast a spell or activate an activated ability with one or more Phyrexian mana symbols in its cost, you choose how to pay for each Phyrexian mana symbol at the same time you would choose modes or choose a value for X.
• 2011-06-01 If you’re at 1 life or less, you can’t pay 2 life.