Blitz Leech

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Blitz Leech: Creature - Leech, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Flash. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{5}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Leech
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
5/2
Rarity
Common
Set
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released
2020-04-24
Collector number
74
Artist
Nicholas Gregory
Commander rank
25,365 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flash

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About Blitz Leech

Blitz Leech is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 74 in that set, with art by Nicholas Gregory. It costs {5}{B} (five generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-11).

Card text

Flash

When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.

"Fools wear armor against it as if the worst it could take is your blood." -Gavi, nest warden

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.17 (as of 2026-11-11).

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

Format legality

Legality of Blitz Leech 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

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Blitz Leech.

  • Blitz Leech’s ability removes all counters from the target creature before state-based actions are checked to see if that creature should die. For example, a 2/2 creature with a flying counter on it will lose that counter while it’s a 0/0 creature before it dies.

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