Exsanguinate
- Mana cost
- {X}{B}{B}
- Type
- Sorcery
- Set
- Foundations #173 (uncommon)
- Price
- $0.44 USD
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Exsanguinate has 9 printings, first in Scars of Mirrodin (2010). EDHREC ranks it #271 among Commander cards. It appears most in Y'shtola, Night's Blessed decks (27,647 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 1 official ruling.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: legal
- brawl: legal
Public decks that run Exsanguinate
- Scions & Spellcraft - Final Fantasy Commander, led by Y'shtola, Night's Blessed
Commanders that run Exsanguinate most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 27,647 decks
- Witherbloom, the Balancer: 13,962 decks
- Zaxara, the Exemplary: 13,876 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 10,044 decks
- Yurlok of Scorch Thrash: 8,399 decks
- Rowan, Scion of War: 7,404 decks
- Silverquill, the Disputant: 7,399 decks
- Edgar Markov: 7,111 decks
Often played with Exsanguinate
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Players can lose more life than they have. For example, say you're playing a multiplayer game in which one of your opponents has 3 life and your other opponent has 10 life. If you cast Exsanguinate with X of 4, your opponents will wind up at -1 life and 6 life, respectively. You'll gain 8 life.