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Blitz Leech

Magic: The GatheringIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#74

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Ikoria: Lair of BehemothsIKO · #74

Card type: Creature — Leech
Rarity: Common
Indicative price: 0.05 € · ★ 0.17 € · 0.19 $ · ★ 0.09 $
Mana value: 6
Power: 5
Toughness: 2
Colour: Black

Card text

Flash When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.

Format legality

BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
CompetitivebrawlLegal
DuelLegal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PauperLegal
PaupercommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
TimelessLegal
VintageLegal

Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).

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Printing information

Illustrator: Nicholas Gregory
Card language: English
Release date: 2020-04-24

Flavour text

"Fools wear armor against it as if the worst it could take is your blood." —Gavi, nest warden

Rulings

2020-04-17

Blitz Leech’s ability removes all counters from the target creature before state-based actions are checked to see if that creature should die. For example, a 2/2 creature with a flying counter on it will lose that counter while it’s a 0/0 creature before it dies.