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Personal IncarnationHow it works & interactions with other cards

By the ManaCount desk· 2 min read· Masters Edition IV· January 10, 2011
Carte Magic Personal Incarnation

Personal Incarnation 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.

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Official card text

{0}: The next 1 damage that would be dealt to this creature this turn is dealt to its owner instead. Only this creature's owner may activate this ability. When this creature dies, its owner loses half their life, rounded up.

How it works : Personal Incarnation

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

  1. #1· Wizards of the Coast

    If you attempt to halve a negative life total, you halve 0. This means that the life total stays the same. A life total of -10 would remain -10.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  2. #2· Wizards of the Coast

    You do not lose life if this card is exiled or sent someplace without going to the graveyard first.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

  3. #3· Wizards of the Coast

    The owner of the Incarnation loses life when it is destroyed, not the controller. So if you control your opponent's Incarnation you can let it die to make them lose life.

    No other card is named in this ruling.

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Popular combos

Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.

Crackdown Construct
+Personal Incarnation
#1

Crackdown Construct + Personal Incarnation

Infinitely large creature
  1. 1Activate Personal Incarnation's ability.
  2. 2Crackdown Construct gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
  3. 3Repeat.
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Legal formats

legacyvintagepennycommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredh
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