Magic: The Gathering

Blood Seeker

Magic 2012 81 • common

Set: Magic 2012
Collector number: 81
Rarity: Common
Mana cost: 1 generic mana black mana
Type: Creature
Colors: Black
Artist: Greg Staples
Market price: $0.20

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$0.20market price via TCGplayer · Aug 20, 2026$0.20 – $0.30 over the tracked period

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Lore

Why it matters

This creature card serves as a functional common, providing a consistent way to punish opponents for expanding their battlefield. Its presence in a collection represents the fundamental building blocks of gameplay, where simple, repeatable effects offer strategic depth despite their common rarity.

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Card face

What it does

Whenever a creature an opponent controls enters, you may have that player lose 1 life.

A drop now is all he needs to find you later.

Formats

Where you can play it

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
PauperLegal
BrawlNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
OathbreakerLegal

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Provenance

Where it came from

Blood Seeker was released in 2011 as part of the Magic 2012 core set, a collection designed by Wizards of the Coast to refresh the game's standard card pool. The card serves as a low-cost creature intended to provide incremental damage in black-aligned decks, specifically functioning as a deterrent against opponents playing creature-heavy strategies. It occupies a space in the game’s design philosophy focused on punishing board development, a common thematic element for black-mana cards that reward attrition.

The artwork was commissioned from Greg Staples, a long-time illustrator for the franchise known for his visceral, painterly style. Staples crafted the card’s imagery to emphasize the character's predatory nature, utilizing dark, moody lighting to reflect the card's vampiric flavor. Within the Magic community, the card is recognized as a functional, common-rarity utility piece that has appeared in several iterations to maintain balance and consistency across various limited formats.

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