Let me get one thing straight with you. When Condor and an official ruling disagree, 50% of the time the official ruling gets reversed later. The other 50% of the time, the rules get clarified/changed to make the ruling right when it really wasn't before.
You don't pay life, you lose life. This is important because Dark Confidant can kill you. If you paid life equal to the cost of the card, then you could fail to do that if the CMC of the card was higher than your life total (can't pay life you don't have). -Jack
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Vizzerdrix Count = 183, 3 in Italian, 2 Foil