Fortune Thief

Creature — Human Rogue    (CMC:5)

Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead. Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)

130 A25 • ENChristopher Moeller — watermark: Time Spiral

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Fortune Thief {4}{R} Creature — Human Rogue Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead. Morph {R}{R} (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for {3}. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) 0/1

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9/25/2006
The first 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.
9/25/2006
If an effect asks you to pay life, you can't pay more life than you have.
9/25/2006
The last sentence is not a prevention effect. It stops unpreventable damage from reducing your life total below 1.
9/25/2006
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.
9/25/2006
Thief 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.

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