Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate: Sorcery, Foundations Jumpstart. Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way. Prices and printings on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Sorcery
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 437
- Artist
- Carl Critchlow
- Commander rank
- 282 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black sorcery from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 437 in that set, with art by Carl Critchlow. It costs {X}{B}{B} (X and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy and Gladiator. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Scars of Mirrodin (2010) to Final Fantasy Commander (2025). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.41 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Vampires don't consider patience a virtue nor gluttony a sin.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.41 (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 Exsanguinate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Exsanguinate
Exsanguinate has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #CMM-156 | Uncommon | 2026 |
| Final Fantasy Commander (FIC) #276 | Uncommon | 2025 |
| Foundations (FDN) #173 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #156 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Commander Masters (CMM) #638 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #413 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #SOM-61 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #61 | Uncommon | 2010 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Exsanguinate.
- Players can lose more life than they have. For example, say you're playing a multiplayer game in which one of your opponents has 3 life and your other opponent has 10 life. If you cast Exsanguinate with X of 4, your opponents will wind up at -1 life and 6 life, respectively. You'll gain 8 life.
Similar cards
Other sorcery cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Exsanguinate is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
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