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Havoc Festival

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Havoc Festival, Return to Ravnica printing
Return to Ravnica RTR · No. 166 2012-10-05

Card text

{4}{B}{R}
Enchantment
Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
"We can't control enemies who have no regard for their own survival." —Arrester Lavinia, Tenth Precinct
EDHREC rank #8823 Rare Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ✓ Legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ∅ Not legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

5 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

Effects that would replace gaining life with another effect won’t apply because it’s impossible for players to gain life.

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

Spells and abilities that would cause a player to gain life still resolve, but the life-gain part has no effect.

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

If an effect says to set a player’s life total to a certain number and that number is higher than the player’s current life total, that part of the effect won’t do anything. (If the number is lower than the player’s current life total, the effect will work as normal.)

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

The amount of life lost is calculated when the triggered ability resolves. For example, if a player has 20 life and there are two Havoc Festivals on the battlefield, the first ability will cause that player to lose 10 life and then the second ability will cause that player to lose 5 life.

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability triggers for each player. Any life loss is applied to the team’s life total. For example, if the team has 30 life, the first ability will cause the player (and thus the team) to lose 15 life and then the second ability will cause the other player (and thus the team) to lose 8 life. The team will end up having 7 life.

2012-10-01 · Wizards of the Coast

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Havoc Festival, Return to Ravnica printing
Return to Ravnica
RTR · #166
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