Call for Blood
Betrayers of Kamigawa 63 • common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Collector number
- 63
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana
- Type
- Instant
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Market price
- $0.06
What it does
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
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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Where it came from
Call for Blood was released in 2005 as part of the Betrayers of Kamigawa expansion for Magic: The Gathering. The set focused on the ongoing conflict between the mortal realm and the spirit world in the Japanese-inspired Kamigawa plane. This card was designed as a common-rarity black sorcery, intended to provide players with a situational removal option that synergized with the set's emphasis on creature sacrifice and graveyard interactions.
The card features illustration by Vance Kovacs, who contributed extensively to the Kamigawa block's aesthetic. Kovacs employed a dark, painterly style to capture the visceral nature of the spell, depicting a ritualistic sacrifice consistent with the grim tone of the black-aligned cards in the expansion. Upon its release, it was regarded by the community as a functional utility piece in limited play, valued for its ability to punish opponents who relied on singular, powerful threats.
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