The Countdown Is at One
Players play a Magic subgame, starting at 1 life and using their libraries as their decks. For the rest of the main game, if a source would deal damage to a player who didn't win the subgame, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
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Legality
9 formatsB/R history
Rulings
4- 2018-01-19
After the subgame ends, all players shuffle their cards from the subgame to reform their main-game libraries, and they return to the main game from the point they left off, with The Countdown Is at One finishing resolving.
- 2018-01-19
If a player has fewer than seven cards in their main-game library, they’ll lose the subgame as it begins, regardless of how many mulligans that player takes.
- 2018-01-19
If the subgame is a draw, no player won the subgame, so damage dealt to any player in the main game will be doubled.
- 2018-01-19
To play a Magic subgame, all players start a new game, using their libraries as their decks. No other cards, tokens, emblems, or anything else from the main game are included in the subgame.
Versions
2| Set | No. | Year | Rarity | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULSTThe List (Unfinity Foil Edition) | 28 | 2022 | Rare | Jesper Ejsing |
| USTUnstable | 80 | 2017 | Rare | Jesper Ejsing |
In sealed products
Pull odds for signed-in users| Product | Set | Chance | Expected copies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unfinity Collector Booster Pack · Booster pack | UNF | ||
| Unfinity Collector Booster Box · Booster box | UNF | ||
| Unstable Booster Box · Booster box | UST | ||
| Unstable Booster Pack · Booster pack | UST | ||
| Unstable 3 Booster Draft Pack · Limited kit | UST |