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Offering to Asha

Offering to Asha

Instant

common

Counter target spell unless its controller pays . You gain 4 life.

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Semantic Tags

Cascadevector

A keyword ability that may let a player cast a random extra spell for no cost. See rule 702.85, “Cascade.”

Counterspellmechanical

Prevents a spell or ability from resolving.

Prevents a spell or ability from resolving.

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Lifelinkvector

A keyword ability that causes a player to gain life. See rule 702.15, “Lifelink.”

Removalmechanical

Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.

Tax or prevent spellcasting — Rule of Law, Thalia, Sphere of Resistance.

Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.

Slows opponents down by taxing actions or restricting what they can do.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Alara Reborn#9common···

Related Rules

120.3f

Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller to gain that much life, in addition to the damage’s other results.

120.4d

Finally, the damage event occurs.

122.1b

A keyword counter on a permanent or on a card in a zone other than the battlefield causes that object to gain that keyword. The keywords that a keyword counter can be are flying, first strike, double strike, deathtouch, decayed, exalted, haste, hexproof, indestructible, lifelink, menace, reach, shadow, trample, and vigilance, as well as any variants of those keywords. See rule 613.1f.

702.85

Cascade

702.15

Lifelink

702.15a

Lifelink is a static ability.

702.15b

Damage dealt by a source with lifelink causes that source’s controller, or its owner if it has no controller, to gain that much life (in addition to any other results that damage causes). See rule 120.3.

702.15c

If an object changes zones before an effect causes it to deal damage, its last known information is used to determine whether it had lifelink.

Rulings

2009-05-01

You gain 4 life whether or not the targeted spell’s controller pays {4} and whether or not the targeted spell is countered.