Ali from Cairo 
Creature — Human0/1
Oracle text (EN)
Creature — Human
Damage that would reduce your life total to less than 1 reduces it to 1 instead.
Printing details
- Set
- ARN · 36
- Rarity
- Rare
- Language
- EN
- Artist
- Mark Poole
- Released
- 1993-12-17
- Prices
- €308.12 · $390.83
Price history
The trend shows with at least 7 days of history.
- Cardmarket, trend
- CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN)
The history starts on October 28, 2026 and grows every day.
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| Date | Cardmarket, trend | CardTrader, Near Mint minimum (EN) |
|---|---|---|
| October 28, 2026 | €308.12 | €420.64 |
Prices
| Source | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Cardmarket | low €150.00 trend €308.12 30-day avg €296.05 | low – trend €0.00 30-day avg – |
| CardTrader (EN) | NM from €420.64 with Zero from €420.64 | NM from – |
| CardTrader (any language) | NM from €420.64 | NM from – |
Cardmarket updated Oct 30, 2026 · CardTrader updated Oct 30, 2026
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Legality
- standard Not legal
- pioneer Not legal
- modern Not legal
- legacy Legal
- vintage Legal
- commander Legal
- pauper Not legal
- alchemy Not legal
- brawl Not legal
- competitivebrawl Not legal
- duel Legal
- future Not legal
- gladiator Not legal
- historic Not legal
- oathbreaker Legal
- oldschool Not legal
- paupercommander Not legal
- penny Not legal
- predh Legal
- premodern Not legal
- standardbrawl Not legal
- timeless Not legal
- tlr Not legal
Rulings
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This effect does not apply to effects which reduce your life without doing damage.
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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.
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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.