Blood Vassal
Urza's Saga 118 • common
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Collector number
- 118
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 2 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Chippy
- Market price
- $0.21
What it does
Sacrifice this creature: Add black mana black mana.
"They are bred to suffer and born to die. Much like humans."— Gix, Yawgmoth praetor
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernNot legal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Blood Vassal was released in 1998 as part of Urza's Saga, a seminal expansion set for Magic: The Gathering that shifted the game's mechanics toward more complex artifact interactions and graveyard synergies. As a black creature, it functioned within the set's broader theme of power at a cost, providing players with a way to sacrifice resources to generate mana during a period when the game's design philosophy was heavily emphasizing fast-paced resource acceleration.
The card features artwork by Chippy, a prolific fantasy artist known for his distinctively gritty, atmospheric style during the late 1990s. His illustration of the Blood Vassal captures the macabre and unsettling tone typical of the set's darker cards, utilizing moody lighting and sharp, angular character design to depict the entity's vampiric essence. While it remained a common card intended for limited play environments, it is frequently cited by collectors for its representative role in the aesthetic evolution of Magic during the late nineties.
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