Pontiff of Blight

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Pontiff of Blight: Creature - Zombie Cleric, Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate. Extort. Other creatures you control have extort. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Zombie Cleric
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
2/7
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB)
Released
2022-06-10
Collector number
768
Artist
Seb McKinnon
Commander rank
5,828 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Extort

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About Pontiff of Blight

Pontiff of Blight is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB), a draft-focused set released in June 2022. It is collector number 768 in that set, with art by Seb McKinnon. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 2/7 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Dragon's Maze (2013) to Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (2022). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.42 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay {W/B}. If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.)

Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.42 (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 Pontiff of Blight by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Pontiff of Blight

Pontiff of Blight has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #848Rare2025
Forgotten Realms Commander (AFC) #108Rare2021
RNA Guild Kit (GK2) #33Rare2019
Commander 2014 (C14) #155Rare2014
Dragon's Maze (DGM) #27Rare2013

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Pontiff of Blight, newest first.

  • The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.
  • The extort ability doesn't target any player.
  • You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.
  • The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.

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