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Reverse Damage
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Reverse Damage

rare · Instant · 30th Anniversary Edition
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$0.70
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Oracle Text

The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. You gain life equal to the damage prevented this way.

Card Details

-/-Power / Toughness
{1}{W}{W}Mana Cost
22Prints

Character Background

Reverse Damage is a clean white instant that fits best in control and midrange life-gain shells, where surviving a key attack matters more than trading resources early. At {1}{W}{W}, it is a reactive safety valve: you name the source most likely to hit you, prevent that damage, and then turn the blow into a life swing equal to what was stopped. That makes it excellent against burn, big combat steps, or a single massive spell, especially when you can force the opponent into committing to one threat. It also pairs naturally with cards that reward life gain, such as payoffs that trigger on gaining life or effects that care about being above a threshold. In deckbuilding, it shines when you can buy time with blockers and removal, then use Reverse Damage as a swingy tempo reversal—less a fog and more a sudden recovery spell that punishes overextension.

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Character Background

Reverse Damage is a clean white instant that fits best in control and midrange life-gain shells, where surviving a key attack matters more than trading resources early. At {1}{W}{W}, it is a reactive safety valve: you name the source most likely to hit you, prevent that damage, and then turn the blow into a life swing equal to what was stopped. That makes it excellent against burn, big combat steps, or a single massive spell, especially when you can force the opponent into committing to one threat. It also pairs naturally with cards that reward life gain, such as payoffs that trigger on gaining life or effects that care about being above a threshold. In deckbuilding, it shines when you can buy time with blockers and removal, then use Reverse Damage as a swingy tempo reversal—less a fog and more a sudden recovery spell that punishes overextension.

Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-09-21 01:10:42 UTC

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