Blood Artist
Jumpstart 206 • uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart
- Collector number
- 206
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Johannes Voss
- Market price
- $3.46
What it does
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Great art can never be created without great suffering."
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blood Artist was originally introduced in the Avacyn Restored set in 2012, designed by Johannes Voss. Its visual identity was crafted to capture the grim, gothic aesthetic of the Innistrad plane, illustrating a macabre figure whose suffering directly siphons life from those around him. The card quickly became a staple in black-aligned decks due to its efficient ability to punish opponents for the death of any creature, cementing its status as a foundational element of Aristocrats-style gameplay strategies.
The 2020 Jumpstart printing, featuring collector number 206, served to reintroduce the card to a wider audience through a randomized, theme-based play experience. By including Blood Artist in the 'Phyrexian' theme, Wizards of the Coast maintained the card’s relevance in competitive formats while providing an accessible way for newer players to engage with a classic utility creature. The artwork remains unchanged from the original printing, preserving the distinctive, somber tone that defined the character’s introduction to the Magic: The Gathering multiverse.
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