New Blood

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New Blood: Sorcery, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped Vampire you control. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{B}{B}
Mana value
4
Type
Sorcery
Colour identity
Black (B)
Rarity
Rare
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
Released
2023-11-17
Collector number
202
Artist
Howard Lyon
Commander rank
4,371 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About New Blood

New Blood is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black sorcery from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 202 in that set, with art by Howard Lyon. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two 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. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Commander 2017 (2017) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.48 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped Vampire you control.

Gain control of target creature. Change the text of that creature by replacing all instances of one creature type with Vampire.

"Now isn't that better?" -Olivia Voldaren

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.48 (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 New Blood by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal

Other printings of New Blood

New Blood has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Commander 2017 (C17) #19Rare2017

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for New Blood, newest first.

  • The creature you gain control of won't be a Vampire if you don't choose a creature type in that creature's type line as one to replace.
  • The type-changing effect can change part of a word (such as "non-Human") if the part of the word is being used to refer to a creature type.
  • You can't choose multiple creature types, such as "Cat Warrior." A Cat Warrior is both a Cat and a Warrior. It's affected by anything that affects either type and unaffected by things that affect non-Cat or non-Warrior creatures.
  • To pay the additional cost of New Blood, you may tap any untapped Vampire you control, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn. (Note that tapping the creature doesn't use {T} [the tap symbol].)
  • New Blood changes the creature type each time it appears in the creature's type line and/or rules text. It doesn't change the name of the card or any instances of the word being used as part of a card's name.
  • You choose what word you're changing as New Blood resolves. You don't have to choose a word that appears in the creature's text.
  • You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Cat. Card types such as "artifact" can't be chosen.
  • New Blood's effect changes only the text printed on the creature. It can't change words found in abilities it's been granted. For example, if you change Rat to Vampire on Hungry Lynx, your Cats will have protection from Vampires; but if instead you change Rat to Vampire on Phantom Nishoba while you control a Hungry Lynx, Phantom Nishoba will have protection from Rats.

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