Chinese Card Identity Explorer

Stream of Life — 生命之源

Exists in both scripts

Explore Stream of Life in Chinese across 10 printings and 6 sets, with Traditional and Simplified Chinese versions, card text, artwork and release details.

10Total Chinese printings
5ZHTTraditional Chinese
5ZHSSimplified Chinese
6Sets
4Sets in both scripts
1995–2005Chinese history

Ninth Edition · 9ED

Card overview

Mana cost: {X}{G}
Card type: Sorcery
Latest rarity: Uncommon

Oracle text

Target player gains X life.

Chinese printing milestones

These milestones are calculated from the Chinese printings currently recorded in the CTG database.

First recorded Chinese printing Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) April 1, 1995

First Traditional Chinese printing Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) April 1, 1995

First Simplified Chinese printing Fifth Edition (5ED) March 24, 1997

Language coverage Traditional + Simplified Chinese 4 bilingual set(s)

ZHT 生命之源

ZHS 生命之源

Chinese names and language variants

The same Magic card may have different printed names or wording between Traditional and Simplified Chinese editions. The versions below preserve the name and text printed on each physical card.

Traditional Chinese

生命之源

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Traditional Chinese name history

生命之源 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) 1995

1 distinct printed name(s) · 1 distinct printed-text version(s)

Simplified Chinese name history

生命之源 Fifth Edition (5ED) 1997

1 distinct printed name(s) · 2 distinct printed-text version(s)

Traditional vs Simplified Chinese

Compare matching Chinese printings by set and collector number. Missing cells indicate that the corresponding printing is not currently recorded in the database.

Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4BB · #272 1995

生命之源 巫术

Printed text

目标玩家获得X点生命。

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Not recorded

Fifth Edition 5ED · #328 1997

Stream of Life View printing

生命之源 法术

Printed text

目标玩家获得X点生命。

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Classic Sixth Edition 6ED · #254 1999

Stream of Life View printing

生命之源 法术

Printed text

目标牌手获得X点生命。

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Seventh Edition 7ED · #272 2001

Stream of Life View printing

生命之源 法术

Printed text

目标牌手获得X点生命。

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Eighth Edition 8ED · #282 2003

Stream of Life View printing

生命之源 法术

Printed text

目标牌手获得X点生命。

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Ninth Edition 9ED · #272 2005

Not recorded

生命之源 法术

Printed text

目标牌手获得X点生命。

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Chinese printing timeline

A compact chronological view of every Traditional and Simplified Chinese printing recorded for this card identity.

1995-04-01 ZHT 生命之源 Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB) #272

1997-03-24 ZHS 生命之源 Fifth Edition (5ED) #328

1997-03-24 ZHT Stream of Life Fifth Edition (5ED) #328

1999-04-21 ZHS 生命之源 Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #254

1999-04-21 ZHT Stream of Life Classic Sixth Edition (6ED) #254

2001-04-11 ZHS 生命之源 Seventh Edition (7ED) #272

2001-04-11 ZHT Stream of Life Seventh Edition (7ED) #272

2003-07-28 ZHS 生命之源 Eighth Edition (8ED) #282

2003-07-28 ZHT Stream of Life Eighth Edition (8ED) #282

2005-07-29 ZHS 生命之源 Ninth Edition (9ED) #272

Sets featuring this card in Chinese

Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border 4BB ZHT 1 printing(s) View all printings from this set → Fifth Edition 5ED ZHT ZHS 2 printing(s) View all printings from this set → Classic Sixth Edition 6ED ZHT ZHS 2 printing(s) View all printings from this set → Seventh Edition 7ED ZHT ZHS 2 printing(s) View all printings from this set → Eighth Edition 8ED ZHT ZHS 2 printing(s) View all printings from this set → Ninth Edition 9ED ZHS 1 printing(s) View all printings from this set →

All Chinese printings

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Ninth Edition (9ED)
Collector number: 272
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: July 29, 2005

法术

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Eighth Edition (8ED)
Collector number: 282
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: July 28, 2003

法术

Traditional Chinese

Stream of Life

Stream of Life

Set: Eighth Edition (8ED)
Collector number: 282
Rarity: Uncommon
Released: July 28, 2003

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Seventh Edition (7ED)
Collector number: 272
Rarity: Common
Released: April 11, 2001

法术

Traditional Chinese

Stream of Life

Stream of Life

Set: Seventh Edition (7ED)
Collector number: 272
Rarity: Common
Released: April 11, 2001

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Classic Sixth Edition (6ED)
Collector number: 254
Rarity: Common
Released: April 21, 1999

法术

Traditional Chinese

Stream of Life

Stream of Life

Set: Classic Sixth Edition (6ED)
Collector number: 254
Rarity: Common
Released: April 21, 1999

Simplified Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Fifth Edition (5ED)
Collector number: 328
Rarity: Common
Released: March 24, 1997

法术

Traditional Chinese

Stream of Life

Stream of Life

Set: Fifth Edition (5ED)
Collector number: 328
Rarity: Common
Released: March 24, 1997

Traditional Chinese

生命之源

Stream of Life

Set: Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border (4BB)
Collector number: 272
Rarity: Common
Released: April 1, 1995

巫术

Other cards with this Chinese name or character

Exact printed-name matches are shown first, followed by other Chinese card identities sharing characters with this card’s recorded Chinese names.

Shared character: 之 Lifeforce 生命之力

Shared character: 命 Lifetap 生命泉源

Shared character: 之 Yggdrasil, Rebirth Engine 重生之源世界树

Shared character: 命 Animate Artifact 赋与神器生命

Shared character: 命 Animate Wall 赋与墙生命

Shared character: 命 Lifelace 生命纹饰

Shared character: 之 Ray of Command 命令之光

Shared character: 之 Breath of Life 生之气息

Shared character: 之 Sword of the Chosen 天命之剑

Shared character: 命 Life // Death 生命 // 死亡

Shared character: 命 Life Burst 生命爆发

Shared character: 命 Iname, Life Aspect 否命生相