---
name: "Nine Lives"
mana_cost: "{1}{W}{W}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: ["Hexproof"]
set: "M21"
set_name: "Core Set 2021"
collector_number: "28"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Paul Scott Canavan"
oracle_id: "236e1f57-7ef5-455a-82a6-8ff6b85d8849"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/nine-lives-m21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Nine Lives
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{W}{W}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Enchantment
- **Keywords:** Hexproof

## Oracle Text
Hexproof
If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on this enchantment.
When there are nine or more incarnation counters on this enchantment, exile it.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Lich's Duel Mastery](/printing/lichs-duel-mastery-mb2.md) — Legendary Enchantment
2. [Lich's Mastery](/printing/lichs-mastery-pdom.md) — Legendary Enchantment
3. [Everybody Lives!](/printing/everybody-lives-who.md) — Instant
4. [Nefarious Lich](/printing/nefarious-lich-ody.md) — Enchantment
5. [Personal Incarnation](/printing/personal-incarnation-cei.md) — Creature — Avatar Incarnation
6. [Tamiyo's Safekeeping](/printing/tamiyos-safekeeping-sld.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2021 (M21) #28
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Paul Scott Canavan
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`