---
name: "Subversion"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ULG"
set_name: "Urza's Legacy"
collector_number: "68"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Rob Alexander"
oracle_id: "0772c5d2-9189-47e2-b0ee-13babd94ea93"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/subversion-ulg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Subversion
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of your upkeep, each opponent loses 1 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ill-Gotten Inheritance](/printing/ill-gotten-inheritance-rna.md) — Enchantment
2. [Dogged Pursuit](/printing/dogged-pursuit-khm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Sanguine Bond](/printing/sanguine-bond-c17.md) — Enchantment
4. [Blood Tithe](/printing/blood-tithe-m11.md) — Sorcery
5. [Hag of Syphoned Breath](/printing/hag-of-syphoned-breath-hbg.md) — Creature — Hag Warlock
6. [Exquisite Blood](/printing/exquisite-blood-lcc.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Legacy (ULG) #68
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Rob Alexander
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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