If a source would deal damage to you, prevent that damage and put an incarnation counter on Nine Lives.
When there are nine or more incarnation counters on Nine Lives, exile it.
When Nine Lives leaves the battlefield, you lose the game.
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Other Printings of Nine Lives
Parallel releases and reprint editions across all Magic: The Gathering expansions.
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Nine Lives (Borderless)
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Nine Lives (Borderless)
#385
Nine-Lives Familiar (Borderless) (Mana Foil)
#321
Nine-Lives Familiar (Borderless)
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Nine-Lives Familiar (Borderless)
#462
Nine-Lives Familiar (Extended Art)
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Nine-Lives Familiar (Extended Art)
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Nine-Lives Familiar
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Nine-Lives Familiar
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Nine Lives
#28
Nine Lives
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