Pontiff of Blight
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Type
- Creature — Zombie Cleric
- Power / toughness
- 2 / 7
- Set
- Commander 2014 #155 (rare)
- Price
- $0.33 USD
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.)
Pontiff of Blight has 6 printings, first in Dragon's Maze (2013). EDHREC ranks it #6,083 among Commander cards. It appears most in K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth decks (5,418 on EDHREC). 3 public decks on TCG run it. It has 4 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 Pontiff of Blight
- Party Time - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Nalia de'Arnise
- Planar Portal - Forgotten Realms Commander, led by Prosper, Tome-Bound
- Sworn to Darkness - Commander 2014, led by Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath
Commanders that run Pontiff of Blight most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 5,418 decks
- Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate: 1,070 decks
- Gollum, Obsessed Stalker: 898 decks
- Orah, Skyclave Hierophant: 889 decks
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose: 591 decks
- The Kingpin of Crime: 423 decks
- Valgavoth, Terror Eater: 353 decks
- Obzedat, Ghost Council: 320 decks
Often played with Pontiff of Blight
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : 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.