Defiant Bloodlord
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Vampire
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 5
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar #107 (rare)
- Price
- $0.31 USD
Flying
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Defiant Bloodlord has 5 printings, first in Battle for Zendikar (2015). EDHREC ranks it #6,028 among Commander cards. It appears most in Astarion, the Decadent decks (2,284 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Defiant Bloodlord
- Witherbloom Witchcraft - Commander 2021, led by Willowdusk, Essence Seer
Commanders that run Defiant Bloodlord most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Astarion, the Decadent: 2,284 decks
- Oloro, Ageless Ascetic: 2,027 decks
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose: 1,895 decks
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 1,223 decks
- Willowdusk, Essence Seer: 568 decks
- Licia, Sanguine Tribune: 357 decks
- Kambal, Consul of Allocation: 345 decks
- Gollum, Obsessed Stalker: 236 decks
Often played with Defiant Bloodlord
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : The ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it’s 1 life from Drana’s Emissary or 7 life from Nissa’s Renewal.
- : A creature with lifelink dealing combat damage is a single life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, the ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
- : In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won’t cause the ability to trigger, even though it causes your team’s life total to increase.