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Blood Tribute
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Blood Tribute

{4}{B}{B}

Sorcery

Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.)

Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Kicker
Set
Commander 2017 (C17 #100)
Rarity
Rare
Mana value
6
Released
2017-08-25
Artist
Volkan Baǵa
EDHREC rank
#6,088
Colour identity
{B}
Finishes
Nonfoil
Served from
Local database

Commander bracket

3 +
Bracket 3 and up — Upgraded
In 3 two-card combos

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.76
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Combos 6

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose+Blood Tribute
{B}
Infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
Bloodletter of Aclazotz+Blood Tribute
{B}
Infinite lifeloss for target opponentNear-infinite lifegainTarget opponent loses the game
Astarion, the Decadent+Blood Tribute
{W}{B}
Infinite lifeloss for target opponentTarget opponent loses the game
Zevlor, Elturel Exile+Blood Tribute+Wound Reflection
{U}{B}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifeloss
Zevlor, Elturel Exile+Blood Tribute+Archfiend of Despair
{U}{B}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifeloss
Zevlor, Elturel Exile+Blood Tribute+Warlock Class
{U}{B}{R}
Each opponent loses the gameNear-infinite lifegainNear-infinite lifeloss

Format legality

Rulings

  • 2009-10-01

    You can tap a creature that hasn't been under your control since your most recent turn began to pay the kicker cost.

  • 2024-11-08

    If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.

  • 2024-11-08

    If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

  • 2024-11-08

    If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.

  • 2024-11-08

    If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

  • 2024-11-08

    The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.

  • 2024-11-08

    To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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