Nine Lives

Enchantment

Hexproof (This can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)

If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on this.

When there are nine or more incarnation counters on this enchantment, exile this.

When this leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (45)

indieinside on My Pet Deck

1 month ago

I have considered making Rin and Seri, Inseparable my Commander a few times.

This is not a power combo, but I consider it to be a cute combo that fits the theme.

Nine Lives + Harmless Offering = Cute fun.

And if you want to kill the player off quickly, just blow up Nine Lives with a different removal card.

indieinside on CatDog

1 month ago

If you are going to do a Dog-cat deck, you should totally play Nine Lives + Harmless Offering with any destruction card. That junk is just funny.

Supersaulty on Does shadow of the second …

3 months ago

Stumbled on this card because I built an Approach of the Second Sun deck and I know there are spells out there that let you name a spell and search for all spells with that name. Knowing my play group they will either just say approach or just say second sun (at least once until I tell them too bad they can't take that spell, they can still search but if they want to break my deck then they will have to remember word for word the names of spells if they want to run that lmao). Anyway, searched just second sun and this gem popped out and since I'm running white and blue it would be perfect. Just want to know if it stacks. I guess the only benefit for me if it does stack would be the added draw as the only 3 nonland permanents in the deck are Solemnity, Nine Lives (both just to buy time), and Chromatic Lantern.

Polaris on undead alchemist vs Nine Lives

4 months ago

This is detailed in rule 616.1 (interaction of replacement and/or prevention effects). Since both of these affect the same player, the affected player chooses which order to apply them in. This usually but not always means, in practice, that the defending player will choose to prevent the damage with Nine Lives, though it's notable here that they can choose to prevent the damage with Undead Alchemist if they wish to not get more incarnation counters.

So in general, Nine Lives wins.

kamarupa on Time is Always Fateful When You're a Dragon

7 months ago

Courageous Resolve seems like a perfect fit here, as would Angel's Grace.

Solemnity+Nine Lives or Phyrexian Unlife might be useful as an insurance policy as well.

Taida on Revamping Enduring Ideal

1 year ago

Love the concept of the deck. You could maybe add some other ways to search Enduring Ideal, I personally like Solve the Equation.

Regarding the enchantments, I quite like the interaction with Phyrexian Unlife or Nine Lives with Solemnity, as if the opponent does not have interaction for it, you essentially block them from winning. It might not be as good as Dovescape in stopping your opponent, but it has the advantage of being cheap enough mana-wise to be cast in case it got stuck in your hand.

WilldelaRoche on Sharing is caring

1 year ago

This deck only have Delaying Shield, Illusions of Grandeur, Nine Lives and Statecraft that need to be donated to work, so I think that both Donate and Harmless Offering are too expensive to have in the deck for only those cases.

To donate those and other permanents I already have Coveted Falcon, Bazaar Trader + Starfield of Nyx (so the goblin can also donate enchantments), Puca's Mischief and Shifting Grift.

9-lives on Super Cute Kitty Cats

1 year ago

Love the Nine Lives + Solemnity combo! Not only is it really good, but it has Oketra and a cat as its art!