Blood Clock
- Mana cost
- {4}
- Type
- Artifact
- Set
- The List #SOK-153 (rare)
- Price
- $1.40 USD
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.
Blood Clock has 2 printings, first in Saviors of Kamigawa (2005). EDHREC ranks it #15,680 among Commander cards. It appears most in God-Eternal Oketra decks (213 on EDHREC). It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Blood Clock most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- God-Eternal Oketra: 213 decks
- The Master, Formed Anew: 80 decks
- Dong Zhou, the Tyrant: 68 decks
- Deathleaper, Terror Weapon: 53 decks
- Lizard, Connors's Curse: 48 decks
- Emrakul, the World Anew: 45 decks
- Skyfire Kirin: 42 decks
- Hakim, Loreweaver: 27 decks
Often played with Blood Clock
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A player with less than 2 life can’t pay 2 life and must return a permanent.
- : The choice of which permanent to return or whether to pay life is made as the triggered ability resolves.
- : A player who controls no permanents doesn’t need to pay 2 life (although that player can choose to do so).