Here's some random cards I thought up. I wanted to make the player exist in the game (eg.Form of the Dragon)rather than some guy flinging spells from the outside.
Note: I realize the new rule explanation is kinda long would prob not fit on a real card
Parasitic Limb BBB
Creature - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 5 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 15, Your life total becomes 15.
Fear BB:Regenerate ~.
3/1
Possessed Mind BBBB
Creature - Rare - Body Part
Lose 10 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 10, Your life total becomes 10.
Indestructible. B,t: Target player discards 2 cards at random.
0/2
Blackened Femur 2BB
Artifact - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 5 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 15, Your life total becomes 15.
Equipped creature has haste.
When ever equipped creature deals damage to a player. That player loses an equal amount of life(they suffer both the damage and the life loss).
Equip: BB
Rotting Eye B
Spell - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 2 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 18, Your life total becomes 18.
Look at target player's hand, choose a non land card from it. That player discards that card.
Ravenous Jaws 1BBBBB
Creature - Rare -Body Part
Lose 10 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 10, Your life total becomes 10.
Haste, LifeLink
When ever ~ is put into the graveyard from play, you may have it deal damage equal to it's power to target creature. If you do so, put ~ back into play under the control of that creature's controller.
8/2
The Surgeon BBBBB
Planeswalker - Rare - Surgeon [4]
+1: Gain 4 life.
-2: Search your library for a Body Part card and put it into play.
-6: Search your library for any number of Body Part cards and put them into play without losing any life. Those cards gain haste. At the end of the turn. You lose the game.
I think there's no way imposing a life limit for the rest of the game justifies playing any of those. It's an interesting idea, just needs a bit of reworking.
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Colourless mana comes FIRST! Try actually looking at a Magic card some time. It is NOT UU3, it's 3UU. What game are you making cards for?
I can no longer tell people to check their card names, because I am made of suck and fail.
I think probably an easier way to word this is 'Your maximum life total is 10' (If your life total is above 10, it becomes 10). This would timestamp like hand size so that if you played Possessed Mind and then Parasitic Limb your max total is 15. Works a bit differently if you have two (if you have a max 10 and then go to a max 15 you don't lose 5 life) but that can be fixed.
Note: I realize the new rule explanation is kinda long would prob not fit on a real card
Parasitic Limb BBB
Creature - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 5 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 15, Your life total becomes 15.
Fear
BB:Regenerate ~.
3/1
Possessed Mind BBBB
Creature - Rare - Body Part
Lose 10 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 10, Your life total becomes 10.
Indestructible.
B,t: Target player discards 2 cards at random.
0/2
Blackened Femur 2BB
Artifact - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 5 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 15, Your life total becomes 15.
Equipped creature has haste.
When ever equipped creature deals damage to a player. That player loses an equal amount of life(they suffer both the damage and the life loss).
Equip: BB
Rotting Eye B
Spell - Uncommon - Body Part
Lose 2 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 18, Your life total becomes 18.
Look at target player's hand, choose a non land card from it. That player discards that card.
Ravenous Jaws 1BBBBB
Creature - Rare -Body Part
Lose 10 life. For the rest of the game if your life total is ever above 10, Your life total becomes 10.
Haste, LifeLink
When ever ~ is put into the graveyard from play, you may have it deal damage equal to it's power to target creature. If you do so, put ~ back into play under the control of that creature's controller.
8/2
The Surgeon BBBBB
Planeswalker - Rare - Surgeon [4]
+1: Gain 4 life.
-2: Search your library for a Body Part card and put it into play.
-6: Search your library for any number of Body Part cards and put them into play without losing any life. Those cards gain haste. At the end of the turn. You lose the game.
what do you think?
Colourless mana comes FIRST! Try actually looking at a Magic card some time. It is NOT UU3, it's 3UU. What game are you making cards for?
I can no longer tell people to check their card names, because I am made of suck and fail.
I get down to 9 life, then attack you with my Vampire Nighthawk. What happens when I gain that two life?
EDIT: this is a roundabout way of saying what karmoderm said.