---
name: "You Live Only Because I Will It"
mana_cost: "N/A"
cmc: 0
type_line: "Scheme"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "DSC"
set_name: "Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander"
collector_number: "362"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Samuel Araya"
oracle_id: "69f04874-a3ab-4cc9-a685-01168d58ea06"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/you-live-only-because-i-will-it-dsc"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# You Live Only Because I Will It
- **Mana Cost:** `N/A` (CMC: 0)
- **Type:** Scheme

## Oracle Text
When you set this scheme in motion, you may redistribute any number of life totals. (Each affected player or team gets one of those life totals back.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Reverse the Sands](/printing/reverse-the-sands-c16.md) — Sorcery
2. [Get a Life](/printing/get-a-life-ugl.md) — Instant
3. [Repay in Kind](/printing/repay-in-kind-roe.md) — Sorcery
4. [Biorhythm](/printing/biorhythm-9ed.md) — Sorcery
5. [Axis of Mortality](/printing/axis-of-mortality-xln.md) — Enchantment
6. [Life Cloud](/printing/life-cloud-unk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #362
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Samuel Araya

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-09-20)* In a game with shared life totals (such as a game of Commander Archenemy), each team has a single life total.
- *(2024-09-20)* When life totals are redistributed, each player gains or loses the amount of life necessary to equal the other player's life total. For example, if one player has 10 life and the other has 17 life, the first player gains 7 life and the other one loses 7 life. Replacement effects may modify these gains and losses, and triggered abilities may trigger on them.
- *(2024-09-20)* You choose which player or team gets which life total when the ability resolves.