Marshland Bloodcaster

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Marshland Bloodcaster: Creature - Vampire Warlock, Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Vampire Warlock
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
3/5
Rarity
Rare
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC)
Released
2024-04-19
Collector number
139
Artist
Jodie Muir
Commander rank
10,533 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Marshland Bloodcaster

Marshland Bloodcaster is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC), a Commander product released in April 2024. It is collector number 139 in that set, with art by Jodie Muir. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 3/5 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Commander 2021 (2021) to Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

{1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

Blood magic is more artery than science.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (as of 2026-11-12).

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

Format legality

Legality of Marshland Bloodcaster by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of Marshland Bloodcaster

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

PrintingRarityYear
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #90078Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #370Rare2021
Commander 2021 (C21) #43Rare2021

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Marshland Bloodcaster, newest first.

  • Marshland Bloodcaster's ability affects the next spell you cast after the ability has resolved. If you cast any spells in response to the ability, those spells are cast as normal.
  • If the next spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X if you pay life rather than pay its mana cost.
  • Even after the ability resolves, you may choose to not pay life rather than pay mana cost of the next spell you cast that turn. However, if you do this, you won't have the opportunity to pay life for any other spells you cast that turn (unless you activate the ability again).
  • If you cast a spell for another cost "rather than pay its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Draconic Intervention, those must be paid to cast the card.

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