Infinity Elemental — ruling 1

Infinity Elemental’s power is incalculable. Infinity Elemental has the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield (and off the battlefield for that matter), although it will tie with other Infinity Elementals. Gaining or losing power is meaningless to it, although effects that set its power to another number will still work.

Infinity Elemental — ruling 2

If you give Infinity Elemental lifelink and it deals damage, you will gain infinite life. You might think infinite life sounds like a lot, and you’d be right. Once at infinite life, your life total mostly can’t change (see below). At infinite life and gain 2 life? You’re at infinite life. At infinite life and lose 29 life? You’re at infinite life. You can pay any amount of life and still be at infinite life. In fact, if you’re at infinite life and get with an opposing Infinity Elemental, you’d still be at infinite life.

Infinity Elemental — ruling 3

If an effect sets your life total to a specific number, it will be that number, even if you previously had infinite life.

Infinity Elemental — ruling 4

If you’re at infinite life and attempt to draw a card from an empty library . . . you lose. You’re not immortal.

Infinity Elemental — ruling 5

Through various other cards, you can convert the infinite power of Infinity Elemental into other resources. For example, you could have infinite mana or create infinite tokens. You could draw infinite cards, but that many card don’t exist, so it’s probably not a great idea. Forcing another player to draw infinite cards, on the other hand . . . .

Infinity Elemental : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Infinity Elemental is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

(This creature has INFINITE POWER.)

How it works : Infinity Elemental

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1February 29, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
Infinity Elemental’s power is incalculable. Infinity Elemental has the greatest power among creatures on the battlefield (and off the battlefield for that matter), although it will tie with other Infinity Elementals. Gaining or losing power is meaningless to it, although effects that set its power to another number will still work.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#2February 29, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
If you give Infinity Elemental lifelink and it deals damage, you will gain infinite life. You might think infinite life sounds like a lot, and you’d be right. Once at infinite life, your life total mostly can’t change (see below). At infinite life and gain 2 life? You’re at infinite life. At infinite life and lose 29 life? You’re at infinite life. You can pay any amount of life and still be at infinite life. In fact, if you’re at infinite life and get with an opposing Infinity Elemental, you’d still be at infinite life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#3February 29, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect sets your life total to a specific number, it will be that number, even if you previously had infinite life.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#4February 29, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
If you’re at infinite life and attempt to draw a card from an empty library . . . you lose. You’re not immortal.
No other card is named in this ruling.
#5February 29, 2020· Wizards of the Coast
Through various other cards, you can convert the infinite power of Infinity Elemental into other resources. For example, you could have infinite mana or create infinite tokens. You could draw infinite cards, but that many card don’t exist, so it’s probably not a great idea. Forcing another player to draw infinite cards, on the other hand . . . .
No other card is named in this ruling.