Edison format ruling
Life Absorbing Machine
Card effect (current official text)During your Standby Phase, gain Life Points equal to half of the total Life Points you paid during your last turn.
Rulings
- The total Life Points you paid is defined as the Life Points paid for costs (both activation costs and maintenance costs) of cards. It does not include damage or loss of Life Points. Damage is not included even if the damage was caused by an effect you control, such as if you activate Ring of Destruction.
- In your last turn is defined as the period from the start of your previous turn’s Draw Phase to the end of that turn’s End Phase. Cost that you paid during your opponent’s turn that occurred between your last turn and the current turn are not included.
- The effect of Life Absorbing Machine increases your Life Points for each cost you paid separately. So if you had Fire Princess on the field, and you paid 2 costs during your last turn, Fire Princess will deal 1000 points of damage to the opponent.
- Life Absorbing Machine does not have to be active at the time the Life Points were paid. If you pay a cost of 2000 Life Points during your turn, then activate Life Absorbing Machine during your opponent’s turn, the effect of Life Absorbing Machine will increase your Life Points by 1000 during your Standby Phase.
- If you have two copies of Life Absorbing Machine on the field, their effects are cumulative.
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