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Ad NauseamEnlarge

Ad Nauseam

{3}{B}{B}

Instant

Shards of Alara

Read rules for Ad Nauseam
Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.

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Phyrexian UnlifeEnlarge

Phyrexian Unlife

{2}{W}

Enchantment

New Phyrexia

Read rules for Phyrexian Unlife
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)

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Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 4:00 pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

Have unlife out, then play ad nauseam, draw!

Protip: Life loss =/= damage

EDIT: 5GGW

[Edited by PinkiePie on 22/Nov/11 at 4:02PM]
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 4:13pm

Twogunkid
Posts: 2610
Joined: 22-Jan-10

Edit 4BBW I believe.
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 4:26pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

EDIT 5BBW
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 7:58pm

Akinas86
Posts: 327
Joined: 16-Jun-10

i've always wondered about this. once you are at 0 life with the unlife, any loss of life beyond is converted to poison damage right?
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:36pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

I had to read this twice just to make sure it works.

The Ad Nauseum's ability isn't a cost, so it's all good.

Nice one!
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:37pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

No. Damage counts as loss of life. Loss of life does not count as damage. It's like life loss is a rectangle whilst damage is like a square. Squares are always rectangles, but rectangles aren't always squares.
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:40pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

>yfw you realize i never said damage isnt life loss
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:52pm

Torto
Posts: 148
Joined: 25-Jun-11

Please if someone is certain of this, explain to me, i'm very curious about it.
The Ad Nauseam says that you can repeat the process writed before it many times you want. I understand that the process is "Reveal the top card of your library and put that card in your hand. You lose life equal to its card converted mana cost". So, for each card drawed, this process must happens. Since Phyrexian Unlife is in play, you don't lose the game for have 0 life or minus, but when it comes to 0, you receive the damage as poison counters.
So, my question is: You lose life each time time that you make the process, or independent of how many times you repeat the process, you lose all the life, acumulated, in only one time?
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:54pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

You lose life each time you do it, and you dont get poison because its life loss not damage!
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 8:57pm

Torto
Posts: 148
Joined: 25-Jun-11

Oh, now that makes sense! Thanks guy. :D
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 9:09pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

No problem!
Date Posted: Tue Nov/22/11 at 11:02pm

Akinas86
Posts: 327
Joined: 16-Jun-10

using angel's grace or platinum emperion nets you the same effect, does it not?
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 8:46am

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

Angels grace is only damage! Not life loss!
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 12:31pm

T}{3 0l\l3 VV}{0 1S
Posts: 178
Joined: 10-Jun-11

Platinum emperion is like have melira and unlife on the field, but without the anti-infect.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 1:35pm

Akinas86
Posts: 327
Joined: 16-Jun-10

yes but the angel's grace will prevent you from losing the game when ad nauseam makes your life 0 so you can still draw out your whole deck
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 1:36pm

PinkiePie
Posts: 157
Joined: 10-Sep-11

Yea but you lose the game at the end of the turn!
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 1:43pm

Turbine
Posts: 10194
Joined: 26-Oct-09

Not if you win before then!
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 2:08pm

Akinas86
Posts: 327
Joined: 16-Jun-10

@ turbine:

thats exactly what i'm saying.
Date Posted: Wed Nov/23/11 at 10:49pm

Boyachi
Posts: 1553
Joined: 02-Nov-11

I was talking to Akinas86