Not allowed to exile opponent's Phyrexian Fleshgorger if I have less life than it's power
I had equipped the Archon of Sun's Grace with the Cloudsteel Kirin, preventing me from losing the game and my opponent from winning the game. I tried to cast Introduction to Annihilation on my opponent's Phyrexian Fleshgorger, but the Ward cost prevented my spell because I had less than it's power in life. I should be able to go into life deficit with Cloudstell Kirin equipped. Please fix this bug! I lost a ranked match because of this.
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[Deleted User] commented
The game is handling that correctly. Fleshgorger's ward does not make you lose life, it makes you pay life. While paying life makes you lose life, you can only pay with what you actually have. If you don't have enough life, you can't pay the ward.
118.3. A player can’t pay a cost without having the necessary resources to pay it fully. For example, a
player with only 1 life can’t pay a cost of 2 life, and a permanent that’s already tapped can’t be
tapped to pay a cost. See rule 202, “Mana Cost and Color,” and rule 602, “Activating Activated
Abilities.”