Bite of the Black Rose
Bite of the Black Rose: Sorcery, Conspiracy. Will of the council - Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Conspiracy (CNS)
- Released
- 2014-06-06
- Collector number
- 26
- Artist
- Franz Vohwinkel
- Commander rank
- 11,860 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Will of the council
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About Bite of the Black Rose
Bite of the Black Rose is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Conspiracy (CNS), a draft-focused set released in June 2014. It is collector number 26 in that set, with art by Franz Vohwinkel. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. Conspiracy is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.40 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Will of the council - Starting with you, each player votes for sickness or psychosis. If sickness gets more votes, creatures your opponents control get -2/-2 until end of turn. If psychosis gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent discards two cards.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.40 (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 Bite of the Black Rose by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Bite of the Black Rose, newest first.
- No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
- You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.
- The effect will be the same for all your opponents, no matter how they voted.
- Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
- Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
- The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
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