Taste of Blood
Magic 2012 113 • common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Collector number
- 113
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- black mana
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Howard Lyon
- Market price
- $0.15
What it does
Taste of Blood deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life.
"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."— Bram Stoker, *Dracula*
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
Taste of Blood was released in July 2011 as part of the Magic 2012 core set for the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Core sets of this era were designed to be accessible to new players while providing reprints and foundational cards for the game's competitive environment. This specific card was intended to support the black mana color identity, emphasizing the game's mechanics around life loss and creature combat.
The card was illustrated by Volkan Baga, a prominent artist known for his detailed fantasy work within the Magic: The Gathering universe. Baga focused on the visceral, aggressive nature of the card's effect, utilizing dark, moody lighting to complement the theme of vampiric or predatory drain. Upon its release, it was regarded as a standard utility enchantment for limited formats, noted for its straightforward mechanical role in attrition-based strategies.
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