Blood Tribute
Zendikar 81 • rare
- Set
- Zendikar
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Alex Horley-Orlandelli
- Market price
- $5.39
What it does
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.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blood Tribute was introduced in the 2009 Magic: The Gathering expansion set Zendikar, a set defined by its emphasis on land-based mechanics and high-adventure themes. As a black rare sorcery, the card captures the gothic, parasitic aesthetic of the plane's vampires, mechanics that reflect the set's focus on powerful, swingy effects designed for multiplayer formats like Commander.
The card’s striking illustration was created by Aleksi Briclot, a prolific fantasy artist known for his atmospheric work on the game. Briclot’s design emphasizes the decadent and predatory nature of the Zendikar vampires, using a dark, regal palette to communicate the card’s ability to halve an opponent’s life total—a visual narrative intended to evoke the ritualistic and draining essence of vampiric feeding.
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