Sanguine Bond

Public decks that run Sanguine Bond

• Eternal Bargain - Commander 2013, led by Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
• Food and Fellowship - Tales of Middle-earth Commander, led by Sam, Loyal Attendant
• Vampiric Bloodlust - Commander 2017, led by Edgar Markov
• Witherbloom Witchcraft - Commander 2021, led by Willowdusk, Essence Seer

Commanders that run Sanguine Bond most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Edgar Markov: 23,715 decks
• Frodo, Adventurous Hobbit // Sam, Loyal Attendant: 19,795 decks
• Oloro, Ageless Ascetic: 15,279 decks
• Y'shtola, Night's Blessed: 12,515 decks
• Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 7,891 decks
• Liesa, Shroud of Dusk: 7,724 decks
• K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 6,997 decks
• Astarion, the Decadent: 5,658 decks

Often played with Sanguine Bond

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Motivated Pony
• Prize Pig
• Meriadoc Brandybuck
• Assemble the Entmoot
• Will, Scion of Peace
• Feasting Hobbit
• Bilbo, Birthday Celebrant
• Orchard Strider
• Merry, Warden of Isengard
• Banquet Guests

Rulings

• 2009-10-01: Sanguine Bond's ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Soul Warden or 8 life from Tendrils of Corruption.
• 2021-03-19: If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Sanguine Bond's ability triggers only once.
• 2021-03-19: If an ability triggers whenever an opponent loses life and causes you to gain life, such as the ability of Exquisite Blood, this will loop until either you win the game or a player takes an action to break the loop. If neither of these happen, the game ends in a draw.
• 2023-09-01: Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Sanguine Bond's ability will trigger twice and you may choose a different opponent for each trigger. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
• 2024-04-12: In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Sanguine Bond's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.