Body Count
- Mana cost
- {2}{B}
- Type
- Instant
- Set
- New Capenna Commander Promos #34p (rare)
Spectacle {B} (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.)
Draw a card for each creature that died under your control this turn.
Body Count has 4 printings, first in New Capenna Commander (2022). EDHREC ranks it #8,113 among Commander cards. It appears most in Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar decks (2,625 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 6 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Body Count
- Maestros Massacre - New Capenna Commander, led by Anhelo, the Painter
Commanders that run Body Count most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar: 2,625 decks
- Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker: 966 decks
- Silverquill, the Disputant: 942 decks
- Akul the Unrepentant: 676 decks
- Prossh, Skyraider of Kher: 639 decks
- Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder: 575 decks
- Anhelo, the Painter: 488 decks
- Teysa, Orzhov Scion: 262 decks
Often played with Body Count
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
- : A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
- : Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
- : Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
- : To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
- : In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)