Blood Artist
Eternal Masters 81 • uncommon
- Set
- Eternal Masters
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Johannes Voss
- Market price
- $3.48
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 released in the 2012 set Avacyn Restored, intended to provide black decks with a potent tool for punishing opponents during creature-heavy games. Its design by the Magic: The Gathering development team sought to create an efficient engine for sacrifice-based strategies, where the death of any creature, regardless of controller, triggers a life drain effect. This synergy quickly established the card as a staple in competitive formats like Modern and Commander.
The Eternal Masters reprint, featuring artwork by Johannes Voss, arrived in 2016 as part of a premium set designed to increase the availability of high-demand cards for the Legacy and Vintage formats. Voss’s illustration maintains the haunting, macabre aesthetic established by the original card while refining the visual storytelling of the artist painting with the life force of the fallen. It remains a celebrated example of functional design, prized by players for its ability to stabilize board states and provide a reliable win condition.
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