Barter in Blood

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Barter in Blood: Sorcery, Jumpstart. Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Jumpstart (JMP)
Released
2020-07-17
Collector number
202
Artist
Eric Deschamps
Commander rank
13,156 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Barter in Blood

Barter in Blood is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Jumpstart (JMP), a draft-focused set released in July 2020. It is collector number 202 in that set, with art by Eric Deschamps. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 11 sets, from Mirrodin (2003) to Shadows of the Past (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

"We must all make sacrifices for the good of Innistrad." -Sorin Markov

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Barter in Blood by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
PreDHLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Barter in Blood

Barter in Blood has been printed in 11 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #MRD-57Uncommon2024
Shadows of the Past (SIS) #25Uncommon2023
Commander Anthology (CMA) #48Uncommon2017
Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #52Uncommon2016
Commander 2015 (C15) #115Uncommon2015
Duel Decks Anthology: Divine vs. Demonic (DVD) #52Uncommon2014
Avacyn Restored (AVR) #85Uncommon2012
Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia (TD2) #76Uncommon2011
Duel Decks: Divine vs. Demonic (DDC) #52Uncommon2009
Mirrodin (MRD) #57Uncommon2003

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Barter in Blood, newest first.

  • If a player controls only one creature, that creature is sacrificed.
  • The active player chooses which creatures will be sacrificed first, then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all creatures are sacrificed simultaneously.
  • Barter in Blood doesn’t target any creatures and may be cast even if a player controls fewer than two creatures.

Similar cards

Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Barter in Blood is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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