Arterial Alchemy
Arterial Alchemy: Enchantment, Crimson Vow Commander. When this enchantment enters, create a Blood token for each opponent you have. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Enchantment
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander (VOC)
- Released
- 2021-11-19
- Collector number
- 23
- Artist
- Caio Monteiro
- Commander rank
- 10,397 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Arterial Alchemy
Arterial Alchemy is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red enchantment from Crimson Vow Commander (VOC), a Commander product released in November 2021. It is collector number 23 in that set, with art by Caio Monteiro. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.54 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
When this enchantment enters, create a Blood token for each opponent you have. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Blood tokens you control are Equipment in addition to their other types and have "Equipped creature gets +2/+0" and equip {2}.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.54 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Arterial Alchemy by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Arterial Alchemy
Arterial Alchemy has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #95367 | Rare | 2022 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #61 | Rare | 2021 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Arterial Alchemy, newest first.
- You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.
- If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.
- Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.
- If a Blood token is somehow both a creature and an Equipment, it can't be attached to a creature.
- If you control more than one Arterial Alchemy, creatures equipped with Blood Equipment will get +2/+0 for each Arterial Alchemy. The equip cost is still {2}.
- Blood tokens stop being Equipment if Arterial Alchemy leaves the battlefield. If any of them are attached to creatures at that time, they become unattached.
Similar cards
Other enchantment cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these card lists
These card lists include Arterial Alchemy.