Blood Clock
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Saviors of KamigawaSOK · #153
- Card type
- Artifact
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 1.21 € · ★ 5.03 € · 2.05 $ · ★ 35.30 $
- Mana value
- 4
- Colour
- Colourless
Card text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Keith Garletts
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2005-06-03
Flavour text
In an age of war, time is measured not by sand but by blood.
Rulings
A player who controls no permanents doesn’t need to pay 2 life (although that player can choose to do so).
A player with less than 2 life can’t pay 2 life and must return a permanent.
The choice of which permanent to return or whether to pay life is made as the triggered ability resolves.
