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Blood Host
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Magic 2015M15 · #87
- Card type
- Creature — Vampire
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Indicative price
- 0.05 € · ★ 0.36 € · 0.09 $ · ★ 0.45 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 3
- Toughness
- 3
- Colour
- Black
Card text
, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 2 life.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PioneerLegal
- TimelessLegal
- 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
- Cynthia Sheppard
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2014-07-18
Flavour text
It would be ill-mannered to decline his invitation. It would be ill-advised to accept it.
Rulings
If Blood Host isn’t on the battlefield when its ability resolves, you won’t put a +1/+1 counter on it but you’ll still gain 2 life.
