Belligerent Guest

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Belligerent Guest: Creature - Vampire, Foundations Jumpstart. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{R}
Mana value
3
Type
Creature - Vampire
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
3/2
Rarity
Common
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
521
Artist
Darren Tan
Commander rank
12,655 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Trample

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About Belligerent Guest

Belligerent Guest is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common red creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 521 in that set, with art by Darren Tan. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Innistrad: Crimson Vow (2021) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).

Card text

Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)

Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (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 Belligerent Guest by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Belligerent Guest

Belligerent Guest has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Innistrad: Double Feature (DBL) #411Common2022
Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #144Common2021
Innistrad: Crimson Vow (VOW) #301Common2021

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Belligerent Guest, newest first.

  • If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.
  • You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.
  • Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.

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