Ali from Cairo
Mana cost
Mana value4TypeCreature — Human
Color identity Red
RarityRare
SetMasters Edition IV (ME4)
ArtistMark Poole
Price€308.12 · $390.83
Mana value4TypeCreature — Human
Color identity Red
RarityRare
SetMasters Edition IV (ME4)
ArtistMark Poole
Price€308.12 · $390.83Ali from Cairo
Creature — Human
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
0/1
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernNot legalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulNot legal
Rulings
2004-10-04
This effect does not apply to effects which reduce your life without doing damage.
2004-10-04
The ability works up until Ali enters the graveyard, so if he takes lethal damage or is destroyed at the same time you take damage, the ability helps you. If the damage occurs after it goes to the graveyard, however, it is not affected by the Ali which is no longer on the battlefield.
2004-10-04
This effect does not prevent damage, it prevents the damage from turning into loss of life. So the full damage is dealt (and abilities that trigger on damage being dealt still trigger), but the full loss of life is not applied.