Call for Blood
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}
- Type
- Instant — Arcane
- Set
- Salvat 2005 #F52 (common)
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.
Call for Blood has 2 printings, first in Betrayers of Kamigawa (2005). EDHREC ranks it #29,367 among Commander cards. It appears most in Infernal Kirin decks (31 on EDHREC). It has 4 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Commanders that run Call for Blood most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Infernal Kirin: 31 decks
- Kyoki, Sanity's Eclipse: 19 decks
- Yukora, the Prisoner: 3 decks
Often played with Call for Blood
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : You may sacrifice the creature chosen as the target for Call for Blood (if you control it) when you pay the additional cost for the spell. If you do, Call for Blood doesn’t resolve.
- : Uses last known information for the sacrificed creature’s power.
- : You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.
- : Players can only respond once this spell has been cast and all its costs have been paid. No one can try to destroy the creature you sacrificed to prevent you from casting this spell.