Bloodthirsty Blade

Public decks that run Bloodthirsty Blade

• Blame Game - Murders at Karlov Manor Commander, led by Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser
• Cabaretti Cacophony - New Capenna Commander, led by Kitt Kanto, Mayhem Diva
• Draconic Dissent - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Firkraag, Cunning Instigator
• Merciless Rage - Commander 2019, led by Anje Falkenrath
• Mystic Intellect - Commander 2019, led by Sevinne, the Chronoclasm
• Silverquill Statement - Commander 2021, led by Breena, the Demagogue

Commanders that run Bloodthirsty Blade most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Nelly Borca, Impulsive Accuser: 4,868 decks
• Queen Marchesa: 4,303 decks
• Xantcha, Sleeper Agent: 3,392 decks
• Jon Irenicus, Shattered One: 2,959 decks
• Kardur, Doomscourge: 2,584 decks
• Breena, the Demagogue: 2,572 decks
• Firkraag, Cunning Instigator: 2,454 decks
• Horobi, Death's Wail: 1,725 decks

Often played with Bloodthirsty Blade

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Sly Instigator
• Tower of Coireall
• Maeve, Insidious Singer
• Predatory Impetus
• Otherworldly Escort
• Renegade Silent
• Psychic Impetus
• Coveted Peacock
• Jeering Homunculus
• Immortal Obligation

Rulings

• 2019-08-23: You still control Bloodthirsty Blade while it's equipped to an opponent's creature. You can move it any time you could cast a sorcery; the equipped creature's controller can't.
• 2019-08-23: Bloodthirsty Blade has no equip ability. There's normally no way to have it attached to your own creature, although certain combinations of other cards make this possible.
• 2023-06-30: If the creature doesn't meet any of the above exceptions and can attack, it must attack a player other than the controller of the spell or ability that goaded it if able. If the creature can't attack any of those players but could otherwise attack, it must attack a planeswalker an opponent controls, a battle an opponent controls, or a player who goaded it.
• 2023-06-30: Being goaded isn't an ability the creature has. Once it's been goaded, it must attack as detailed above even if it loses all abilities.
• 2023-06-30: If a creature you control has been goaded by multiple opponents, it must attack one of your opponents that hasn't goaded it, as that fulfills the maximum number of goad requirements. If a creature you control has been goaded by each of your opponents, the creature must attack an opponent (rather than a planeswalker or battle), but you choose which opponent it attacks.
• 2023-06-30: Attacking with a goaded creature doesn't cause it to stop being goaded. If there is an additional combat phase that turn, or if another player gains control of it before it stops being goaded, it must attack again if able.
• 2023-06-30: If, during a player's declare attackers step, a creature that player controls that's been goaded is tapped, is affected by a spell or ability that says it can't attack, or hasn't been under that player's control continuously since the turn began (and doesn't have haste), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack a player, its controller isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack that player.