Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate

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Lifelink

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.)

At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, if you gained 3 or more life this turn, exile Sorin, then return him to the battlefield transformed under his owner's control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $5.24 (as of 2026-11-12).

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Format legality

Legality of Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Other printings of Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate

Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Official rulings

The 8 most recent official rulings for Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate, newest first.

• 2024-11-08 Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
• 2024-11-08 You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
• 2024-11-08 Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
• 2024-06-07 Each transforming double-faced card in this set is cast with its front face up. In every zone other than the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of its front face. If it is on the battlefield, consider only the characteristics of the face that's up; the other face's characteristics are ignored.
• 2024-06-07 In the Commander variant, a double-faced card's color identity is determined by the mana costs and mana symbols in the rules text of both faces combined. If either face has a color indicator or basic land type, those are also considered. For example, Ral, Monsoon Mage's color identity is blue and red, since its front face is red and its back face has a blue and red color indicator.
• 2024-06-07 Sorin of House Markov doesn't need to have been on the battlefield when you gained the life. For example, if you gained 3 or more life during your upkeep and you cast Sorin of House Markov during your first main phase, its last ability will trigger at the beginning of your postcombat main phase.
• 2024-06-07 In some rare cases, a spell or ability may cause Sorin of House Markov to transform while he's a creature (front face up) on the battlefield. If this happens, Sorin, Ravenous Neonate won't have any loyalty counters on him and will subsequently be put into his owner's graveyard.
• 2024-06-07 Sorin of House Markov's last ability will trigger only once during your postcombat main phase, no matter how much life you gained this turn. However, if you haven't gained life so far this turn as your postcombat main phase begins, the ability won't trigger at all. It's not possible to gain life during your postcombat main phase in time for the ability to trigger.

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