Blood Tyrant
Archenemy: Nicol Bolas 81 • rare
- Set
- Archenemy: Nicol Bolas
- Collector number
- 81
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana blue mana black mana red mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black · Red · Blue
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Market price
- $0.35
What it does
Flying, trample
At the beginning of your upkeep, each player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each 1 life lost this way.
Whenever a player loses the game, put five +1/+1 counters on this creature.
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 Tyrant was first released in the 2009 Alara Reborn expansion before being reprinted as part of the 2017 Archenemy: Nicol Bolas set. Designed as a powerful Grixis-colored creature, the card reflects the color pie's emphasis on sacrifice, resource management, and scaling power, serving as a signature threat for players leaning into aggressive, high-risk playstyles within the multiplayer environment.
The artwork for this iteration was created by Karl Kopinski, a prolific illustrator known for his gritty, painterly style in the fantasy genre. Kopinski's depiction of the Tyrant emphasizes a grotesque, imposing figure that captures the dark, vampiric aesthetic of the Alara shard of Grixis, grounding the card's mechanical intensity in a visceral, highly detailed visual identity that has become iconic among collectors of the set.
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