The degree to which Lifelink is worse than Spirit Link allows this card to be common instead of uncommon or rare.
Oleander
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(16 votes)
I like the art on this card, it's a very pretty man, or at least half of him. More art needs more pretty men.
Lestat13
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(7 votes)
I want my magic cards to be mystic blue, gritty black, furious red, sterile white, and um, boring green. Not oily men everywhere - every card. Traumatize? Oily men. Lightning Bolt? Oily men. Wretched Banquet? Oily Undead Men.
MasterOfEtherium
★☆☆☆☆ (1.1/5.0)(10 votes)
Oleander Is Gay Once Again This Card Sucks Lifelink Is An Ability Not A Card Name And This Art Is Hideous
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(6 votes)
Well, that's the point. I like the fact that Wizards decided to create a card which gives an ability of the same name. I mean, it's not the first oneof that kind.
SavageBrain89
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Bizzare art, I personally don't like all that much. Less than average card, aside from using it on large creatures for strong amounts of life gain, I don't see this card being played all that much.
Joseph_Greenway
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(7 votes)
What does lifelink do? It gives a creature Lifelink. Ok, but what does lifelink do? It gives a creature lifelink. Ok, but what does lifelink do? Repeat ad lolzy nauseam. :p
Still is sweaty goat tongue though. :(
VerdantForce
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.6/5.0)(5 votes)
This card is so crappy it deserves 1/2 a star... They should've just pushed Spirit Link down to common like it being a common would've been bad.
holgir
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(5 votes)
I like the art and will be glad to play this one on my teammates fatty if he is in trouble (2on2, no shared life total). The really big downside compared to Spirit Link is that it is no Pacifism anymore. Therefore just 2.5/5.
GearWarriorK
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Could use a shortening in the text... I mean... Just saying, "Enchanted creature has Lifelink" is enough. If a noob doesn't know what Lifelink is, he could just ask the person across from him, or consult a rule book.
On to my opinion on the card itself though...
Lifelink is a great ability, and having a card that gives a creature that ability for just one mana is amazing. This was worthy of it's M10 appearance entirely, and it's a good card for any Plains-deck. I mean... Playing this along side of an Ant Queen or something could help you rack up some life against a weeny-deck.
mkniffen
★☆☆☆☆ (1.4/5.0)(5 votes)
the new rules for lifelink are absolutely broken, damage only has to be dealt to a creature not a player, so for your darksteel colossus gives you 11 life every attack.
deadguyred
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.9/5.0)(9 votes)
more art needs more pretty men? dude....
gorfph
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Question: If I put Lifelink on a Baneslayer Angel, will it get double lifelink? In other words, if I attack with it, will I gain 5 life, or 10? Any help would be great.
darkfury
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
the ability of Lifelink is practically useless without a creature capable of using a Pyroclasm ability. the health gain isnt worth it on small creatures, while larger creatures are better dedicated to deterrence. Creatures such as Oros, the Avenger are the best targets for this because they not only deal a significant amount of damage to a player, but they also splatter the field with damage, creating a mas sive vortex of health on the field
Vinifera7
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
For everyone that asks, lifelink (the keyword ability) does not stack as of the M10 rules changes. Multiple instances are redundant, which means casting Lifelink (the spell) on Baneslayer Angel is pointless; it doesn't give her double lifelink.
torauma
★★★☆☆ (3.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Someone cast this on one of my guys yesterday in a draft, probably thinking it was just like Spirit Link.
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(9 votes)
How is this card rated below a 3?! Lifelink for 1CC is pretty awesome, especially with all of the combos that can be created with lifegain.
Throw this on an unblockable guy or a flyer and go bannans. Black/White can combo with Sanguine Bond and really hurt someone very quickly.
4/5
EnV
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This is a one mana Pacifism don't you people get that?
TheWrathofShane
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@ majin This card isnt a bad card. Armored Ascension is a bad card, because its to oped. This card is a basic CORE card. Lets say you put this on a white knight, and you get to attack 3 times. 6 Life for 1 compared to angels mercy 4 for 7. Its realy basic, and has the strong feel of a white card. Great artwork and a decent flavor text.
@ Env No its not, read the (..................)
Sironos
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(2 votes)
How can lifelink be a white spell? Getting sustenance from the blood of those you kill (which must be what life link does as I see it) is so clearly a black thing, which is also why vampires are black. How can this spell be white flavour wise? I'd like to know, someone plz give a theory.
GhelmaroftheSimic
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Strictly worse than Spirit Link, especially after the M10 rules changes. Same CMC, but doesn't stack, and you can't play it on an opponent's creature to make it useless to attack with. Why even print this card?
Richard_Hawk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@Sironos: lifelink is white due to its healing nature.
love, love the art. i have the playmat of the same design. this won me some games in M10 drafts a while back. at least 4/5 because its a 1 drop.
DacenOctavio
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
I like seeing this on the avatar token generated by Ajani Goldmane.
Stray_Dog
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Some of my favourite art in Magic. I love the stained glass effect.
SeiberTross
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Add this to things that are supposed to deal you damage for fun. Goblin Artillery or Sparksmith come to mind.
penguinmage25
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
ok card life link is a nice ability and for only one mana
Superllama12
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Probably the biggest problem is no flash and how it generally creates card disadvantage
sarroth
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Gausgoat: This card costs 1 CMC. Converted Mana Cost, not whatever you think CC means. Cancel is a 1CC card, where C means any colored cost.
No, this isn't really a good card. It's probably ok 40th card in draft. It also directly tells new players one of the things White is known for, which is what cards in Core Sets are meant to do. It also makes it easier for newer players to grasp the Lifelink ability. In that way, this card does a good job and was a fine print.
Taken as a whole, though, given that anywhere outside of Limited this will never see play exxcept for the most green of players, this is a 1/5 card.
Teotanek
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
@Oleander I support you, magic is full of beautiful women everywhere, but handsome men are rare, think of akroma, phage, jhoira, and many more, and then men only have old folks or brutal and corrupted faces.
@MasterOfEtherium you bore me to death. Any problem with gay people? maybe playing magic makes you so manly and irresestible to the opposite sex that you don't need to attack olander. it's a fact unnecesary babe art has no male counterpart.
Kryptnyt
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Josh Groban, we meet again. Sharing a moment with a spirit lion will net you no advantage in our feud!
NeoKoda
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's better than most give it credit for. Just slap it onto something with Hexproof. It's not great, and certainly isn't competitive, but it's not awful.
Also, I don't like the art, but that's because Nielsen's collage-ish look bothers me. There's a card in AVR that has similar art, not a fan of it, either.
majinara
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@ Gaussgot, it gets rated less than 3 because it's a bad card. Costing only one mana doesn't make it any better, it just causes it to be a cheap bad card. Playing it is the same as telling your opponent "look, I play cards that don't help me win and are no threat to you. Also, if you bounce / kill / steal my creature, I lose two cards at once." 1/5
@TheWrathofShane: You compare this to to angel's mercy? Angel's mercy is one of the worst cards ever printed. Yes: if you slap this on a white knight and attack three times, you gain six life. And then what? If you play a white knight, you play an aggressive deck. You want to kill your opponent as fast as possible. Gaining life is not helping there in the slightest. You can gain a hundred life and still lose for dozens of reasons. And if you add lifegain cards in an aggro deck, you will lose too, because you won't be able to deal enough damage quickly enough.
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Still is sweaty goat tongue though. :(
On to my opinion on the card itself though...
Lifelink is a great ability, and having a card that gives a creature that ability for just one mana is amazing. This was worthy of it's M10 appearance entirely, and it's a good card for any Plains-deck. I mean... Playing this along side of an Ant Queen or something could help you rack up some life against a weeny-deck.
Throw this on an unblockable guy or a flyer and go bannans. Black/White can combo with Sanguine Bond and really hurt someone very quickly.
4/5
@ Env No its not, read the (..................)
love, love the art. i have the playmat of the same design. this won me some games in M10 drafts a while back. at least 4/5 because its a 1 drop.
No, this isn't really a good card. It's probably ok 40th card in draft. It also directly tells new players one of the things White is known for, which is what cards in Core Sets are meant to do. It also makes it easier for newer players to grasp the Lifelink ability. In that way, this card does a good job and was a fine print.
Taken as a whole, though, given that anywhere outside of Limited this will never see play exxcept for the most green of players, this is a 1/5 card.
@MasterOfEtherium you bore me to death. Any problem with gay people? maybe playing magic makes you so manly and irresestible to the opposite sex that you don't need to attack olander. it's a fact unnecesary babe art has no male counterpart.
Also, I don't like the art, but that's because Nielsen's collage-ish look bothers me. There's a card in AVR that has similar art, not a fan of it, either.
1/5
@TheWrathofShane: You compare this to to angel's mercy? Angel's mercy is one of the worst cards ever printed. Yes: if you slap this on a white knight and attack three times, you gain six life. And then what? If you play a white knight, you play an aggressive deck. You want to kill your opponent as fast as possible. Gaining life is not helping there in the slightest. You can gain a hundred life and still lose for dozens of reasons. And if you add lifegain cards in an aggro deck, you will lose too, because you won't be able to deal enough damage quickly enough.