Ali from Cairo

Ali from Cairo from Arabian Nights. Rare MTG card for deck building and Commander. View rules, legality, and compare prices from multiple sellers.

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Commander Legal
Duel Legal
Legacy Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Oldschool Legal
Penny Legal
Predh Legal
Vintage Legal
Card Set Arabian Nights  
Card Type Creature — Human
Rarity   Rare  
Mana Cost
Card Text Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Card Number #36
Artist Mark Poole
Subtypes Human
Card Languages English
Frame Version 1993
Border Color Black
EDHREC Rank 22874
EDHREC Saltiness 0.38
Reprint? No
Is Promo? No
Oversized? No
Joke Card? No
In Starter? No
Time Shifted? No
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Card Rulings

2004-10-04

This effect does not apply to effects which reduce your life without doing damage.

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.

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.