Bloodsoaked Altar
Core Set 2020 90 • uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Collector number
- 90
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Sidharth Chaturvedi
- Market price
- $0.25
What it does
tap, Pay 2 life, Discard a card, Sacrifice a creature: Create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying. Activate only as a sorcery.
Blood seeps into the stone, and darkness emerges.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Bloodsoaked Altar was introduced in the Core Set 2020 expansion for Magic: The Gathering, released in July 2019. The card was designed to support black-aligned sacrifice archetypes, offering players a repeatable method to transform creatures into demonic tokens. This mechanic reflects a long-standing design philosophy within the game where players trade resources, typically smaller creatures, for more significant board presence.
The card’s illustration was created by artist Igor Kieryluk, whose dark, visceral aesthetic was chosen to emphasize the macabre nature of the card's function. The design sought to evoke a sense of ritualistic sacrifice, a theme consistent with the set's exploration of traditional fantasy tropes alongside more contemporary card mechanics. Upon release, it was recognized as a functional tool for limited formats, appreciated by players for its synergy with death-trigger effects.
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