Life Boon
| Name | Life Boon |
|---|---|
| Type | Master |
| Description | Out-of-turn. Boon. Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep them in the game, and put this card in play. During each of their unlock phases, you can steal 1 pool from that Methuselah. You gain any victory point gained by that Methuselah insteadSee more |
| Artist | Kaja Foglio |
| Set | Twenty-Fifth Anniversary #101103 |
| Wallpaper |  Download wallpaper |
| Image |  Download image |
| Artists | Kaja Foglio |
| Krcg Id | 101103 |
| Legal Since | 1994-08-16 |
| Printed Name | Life Boon |
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About Life Boon
Life Boon, Master, designed by Kaja Foglio first released in August 1994 in the set Jyhad and was printed exactly in 5 different ways.
Life Boon best fits **political, toolbox, and defensive decks** that have spare pool and can influence who survives and who gets ousted: rescuing a useful cross-table ally can deny a rival an immediate victory point, preserve the table balance, and potentially earn you that ally’s next victory point. Its printed cost is zero, but the pool you give away is its real cost, and stealing back 1 pool per unlock phase is slow; the rescued player may also never score, leaving you with little return. It is therefore more of a situational diplomacy and victory-point card than a reliable pool-gain engine. **There is no straightforward replacement for its unique rescue-and-VP effect**, but Villein or Blood Doll are generally better if your goal is pool management, while Sudden Reversal or Wash usually offer more broadly useful interaction for an out-of-turn master slot; these cards serve different purposes rather than directly upgrading Life Boon. It can see play as a single copy in a deck built t
Rules
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If you played a Life Boon on your predator, you will not get the VP when you are ousted. (Reversal of RTR 19990712) [RTR 20000501] [LSJ 20020622]
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If a player has gone to negative pool, or has to pay more than he has, the Life Boon player must give her enough pool to compensate for that. [RTR 19970630] [ANK 20230817-2]
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If a player is saved more than once by Life Boon, the various Boons reserve a series of victory points, rather than competing with each other for a single victory point. [RTR 19951017]
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If the effect ousting the target simultaneously ousts the target's prey (eg. {Kine Resources Contested}), the victory point goes to the Mathusalah who played Life Boon and the target gets 6 pool. [LSJ 20021029]
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If the target receives half of a victory point, then the Methuselah who played the Boon receives that half. The Boon is not burned until a total of one victory point has been awarded. [RTR 19991206]
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Frequently asked questions about Life Boon
What type of card is Life Boon?
Life Boon is a Master card in Vampire: The Eternal Struggle.
What is the effect of Life Boon?
Out-of-turn. Boon. Give pool to a Methuselah with no pool to keep them in the game, and put this card in play. During each of their unlock phases, you can steal 1 pool from that Methuselah. You gain any victory point gained by that Methuselah instead of them, until you are being ousted or until you have gained 1 victory point from this card. Burn this card after you have gained 1 victory point from this card.
What is the original set of Life Boon?
Life Boon was first released in the set Jyhad, illustrated by Kaja Foglio.
What is the legality of Life Boon?
Legality depends on the tournament format -- Life Boon can be legal in some formats and banned or restricted in others. See the full breakdown per format in the Legality section above.