Blood Artist
Blood Artist: Creature - Vampire, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Vampire
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 0/1
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 209
- Artist
- L.A. Draws
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About Blood Artist
Blood Artist is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 209 in that set, with art by L.A. Draws. It costs {1}{B} (one generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 0/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 14 sets, from Avacyn Restored (2012) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $3.56 (normal finish, as of 2026-10-23).
Card text
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
"Vanya Falkenrath's paintings are astonishing. How does she manage to achieve such rich crimson hues?" -Stefan, art critic
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $3.56 (as of 2026-10-23).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Blood Artist by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Blood Artist
Blood Artist has been printed in 14 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #INR-97 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #326 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #372 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Innistrad Remastered (INR) #97 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Duskmourn: House of Horror Commander (DSC) #132 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #182 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #117 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #352 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #70 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #119 | Uncommon | 2021 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #206 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| The List (PLST) #C17-99 | Uncommon | 2019 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Blood Artist.
- If Blood Artist and one or more other creatures die at the same time, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.
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