---
name: "Transcendence"
mana_cost: "{3}{W}{W}{W}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["W"]
color_identity: ["W"]
keywords: []
set: "TOR"
set_name: "Torment"
collector_number: "20"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Rebecca Guay"
oracle_id: "f9279f8f-3d19-4f5b-b194-cb8c65313b7e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/transcendence-tor"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Transcendence
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{W}{W}{W}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life.
When you have 20 or more life, you lose the game.
Whenever you lose life, you gain 2 life for each 1 life you lost. (Damage dealt to you causes you to lose life.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Phyrexian Unlife](/printing/phyrexian-unlife-sld.md) — Enchantment
2. [Lich's Tomb](/printing/lichs-tomb-dst.md) — Artifact
3. [Test of Endurance](/printing/test-of-endurance-dmr.md) — Enchantment
4. [Near-Death Experience](/printing/near-death-experience-roe.md) — Enchantment
5. [Lich](/printing/lich-lea.md) — Enchantment
6. [Convalescence](/printing/convalescence-exo.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Torment (TOR) #20
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Rebecca Guay
- **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`