diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayLifeCost.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayLifeCost.java
index 0e085bb1603..e35de153b5e 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayLifeCost.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayLifeCost.java
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
-
-
 package mage.abilities.costs.common;
 
+import java.util.UUID;
 import mage.abilities.Ability;
+import mage.abilities.costs.Cost;
 import mage.abilities.costs.CostImpl;
 import mage.abilities.dynamicvalue.DynamicValue;
 import mage.abilities.dynamicvalue.common.StaticValue;
 import mage.game.Game;
 
-import java.util.UUID;
-import mage.abilities.costs.Cost;
-
 /**
  *
  * @author BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com
@@ -36,11 +33,12 @@ public class PayLifeCost extends CostImpl {
 
     @Override
     public boolean canPay(Ability ability, UUID sourceId, UUID controllerId, Game game) {
-        //118.4. If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0, 
+        //118.4. If a cost or effect allows a player to pay an amount of life greater than 0,
         //the player may do so only if their life total is greater than or equal to the
-        //amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or 
+        //amount of the payment. If a player pays life, the payment is subtracted from his or
         //her life total; in other words, the player loses that much life. (Players can always pay 0 life.)
         int lifeToPayAmount = amount.calculate(game, ability, null);
+        // Paying 0 life is not considered paying any life.
         if (lifeToPayAmount > 0 && !game.getPlayer(controllerId).canPayLifeCost()) {
             return false;
         }
diff --git a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayVariableLifeCost.java b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayVariableLifeCost.java
index 47cc2a91fb0..4da6753e7e0 100644
--- a/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayVariableLifeCost.java
+++ b/Mage/src/main/java/mage/abilities/costs/common/PayVariableLifeCost.java
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 package mage.abilities.costs.common;
 
 import mage.abilities.Ability;
@@ -12,7 +10,6 @@ import mage.players.Player;
  *
  * @author LevelX2
  */
-
 public class PayVariableLifeCost extends VariableCostImpl {
 
     public PayVariableLifeCost() {
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@ public class PayVariableLifeCost extends VariableCostImpl {
 
     public PayVariableLifeCost(boolean additionalCostText) {
         super("life to pay");
-        this.text = new StringBuilder(additionalCostText ? "as an additional cost to cast this spell, pay ":"Pay ")
+        this.text = new StringBuilder(additionalCostText ? "as an additional cost to cast this spell, pay " : "Pay ")
                 .append(xText).append(' ').append("life").toString();
     }
 
@@ -44,7 +41,10 @@ public class PayVariableLifeCost extends VariableCostImpl {
         int maxValue = 0;
         Player controller = game.getPlayer(source.getControllerId());
         if (controller != null) {
-            maxValue = controller.getLife();
+            // Paying 0 life is not considered paying any life, so paying 0 is still allowed
+            if (game.getPlayer(source.getControllerId()).canPayLifeCost()) {
+                maxValue = controller.getLife();
+            }
         }
         return maxValue;
     }