Blood Spatter Analysis
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Murders at Karlov Manor PromosPMKM · #189s
- Card type
- Enchantment
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- ★ 0.30 € · ★ 0.55 $
- Mana value
- 2
- Colour
- Black Red
Card text
When this enchantment enters, it deals 3 damage to target creature an opponent controls. Whenever one or more creatures die, mill a card and put a bloodstain counter on this enchantment. Then sacrifice it if it has five or more bloodstain counters on it. When you do, return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Format legality
- BrawlLegal
- CommanderLegal
- CompetitivebrawlLegal
- DuelLegal
- FutureLegal
- GladiatorLegal
- HistoricLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PennyLegal
- PioneerLegal
- StandardLegal
- StandardbrawlLegal
- 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
- Jokubas Uogintas
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2024-02-09
Rulings
Blood Spatter Analysis is sacrificed for having five or more bloodstain counters on it only while its second ability is resolving. If you put a fifth counter on it some other way, it won't be immediately sacrificed.
Blood Spatter Analysis's reflexive triggered ability triggers and returns a creature card to your hand only if you sacrifice it while resolving its second ability. It won't trigger if you sacrifice it for any other reason.
You don't choose a target creature card to return from your graveyard to your hand at the time Blood Spatter Analysis's second ability triggers. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you sacrifice Blood Spatter Analysis this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.
