Immolation

Counter target spell. You may pay life equal to twice that spell’s mana value rather than pay this spell’s mana cost. If you counter that spell this way, you gain life equal to twice that spell’s mana value at the beginning of the end step. If you have 40 or more life, this effect costs life equal to three times that spell’s mana value instead. {flavor}“He gave what he could not reclaim, to protect what he could not lose.