Sustaining Spirit ME2

Other printings of "Sustaining Spirit": ALL #18 ME2 #36

Card

id	52163
artist	Rebecca Guay
artistIds	f8f662fa-d597-46a3-afb2-91d6e13243e2
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attractionLights
availability	mtgo
boosterTypes	default
borderColor	black
colorIdentity	W
colorIndicator
colors	W
defense
duelDeck
edhrecRank	23082
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finishes	nonfoil, foil
flavorName
flavorText	"Faith is our greatest protector." —Halvor Arensson, Kjeldoran priest
frameEffects
frameVersion	1997
hand
hasAlternativeDeckLimit
hasContentWarning
hasFoil	1
hasNonFoil	1
isAlternative
isFullArt
isFunny
isGameChanger
isOnlineOnly	1
isOversized
isPromo
isRebalanced
isReprint	1
isReserved	1
isStarter
isStorySpotlight
isTextless
isTimeshifted
keywords	Cumulative upkeep
language	English
layout	normal
leadershipSkills
life
loyalty
manaCost	{1}{W}
manaValue	2
name	Sustaining Spirit
number	36
originalPrintings
originalReleaseDate
originalText	Cumulative upkeep {1}{W} Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
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power	0
printings	ALL, ME2
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rarity	rare
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relatedCards
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setCode	ME2
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signature
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subsets
subtypes	Angel, Spirit
supertypes
text	Cumulative upkeep {1}{W} (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.) Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
toughness	3
type	Creature — Angel Spirit
types	Creature
uuid	ee2acf2a-6607-582c-8145-8885b82dc7c1
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watermark
setName	Masters Edition II

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date	text
2004-10-04	Does not affect damage if you are already at zero or negative life. You still take it all.
2008-10-01	If an effect asks you to pay life, you can’t pay more life than you have.
2008-10-01	Paying cumulative upkeep is always optional. If it’s not paid, the permanent with cumulative upkeep is sacrificed. Partial payments of the total cumulative upkeep cost can’t be made. For example, if a permanent with “cumulative upkeep {1}” has three age counters on it when its cumulative upkeep ability triggers, it gets another age counter and then its controller chooses to either pay {4} or sacrifice the permanent.
2008-10-01	Sustaining Spirit won’t prevent you from losing the game if your life total is 0 or less or some other effect causes you to lose the game.
2008-10-01	The ability doesn’t change how much damage is dealt; it just changes how much life that damage makes you lose. An effect such as Spirit Link will see the full amount of damage being dealt.
2008-10-01	The second ability applies only if your life total is being reduced by damage. Other effects or costs (such as “lose 1 life” or “pay 1 life”) can reduce your life total below 1 as normal.
2008-10-01	The second ability is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.