Absorb

Absorb
Keyword Ability
Type	Static
Introduced	Future Sight
Last used	Future Sight
Reminder Text	Absorb N (If a source would deal damage to this creature, prevent N of that damage.)
Statistics	1 card 100%
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Absorb is a damage prevention keyword ability, written as Absorb N, where N is any natural number. It prevents N damage from each single source that deals damage to the creature. Absorb was introduced in Future Sight. By its nature as a damage prevention ability, this is a white ability. It has only been printed on one card so far, the timeshifted Lymph Sliver.

Rules

From the glossary of the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

Absorb

A keyword ability that prevents damage. See rule 702.64, “Absorb.”

From the Comprehensive Rules (June 7, 2024—Modern Horizons 3)

• 702.64. Absorb
  • 702.64a Absorb is a static ability. “Absorb N” means “If a source would deal damage to this creature, prevent N of that damage.”
  • 702.64b Each absorb ability can prevent only N damage from any one source at any one time. It will apply separately to damage from other sources, or to damage dealt by the same source at a different time.
  • 702.64c If an object has multiple instances of absorb, each applies separately.

Example

Example

Lymph Sliver
Creature — Sliver
3/3
All Sliver creatures have absorb 1. (If a source would deal damage to a Sliver, prevent 1 of that damage.)