Vilis, Broker of Blood
- Mana cost
- {5}{B}{B}{B}
- Type
- Legendary Creature — Demon
- Power / toughness
- 8 / 8
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop #1567★ (rare)
Flying
{B}, Pay 2 life: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Whenever you lose life, draw that many cards. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Vilis, Broker of Blood has 7 printings, first in Core Set 2020 (2019). EDHREC ranks it #1,134 among Commander cards. It appears most in Kaalia of the Vast decks (20,362 on EDHREC). It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Vilis, Broker of Blood most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Kaalia of the Vast: 20,362 decks
- K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth: 14,558 decks
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master: 6,730 decks
- Betor, Ancestor's Voice: 6,359 decks
- Sheoldred, the Apocalypse: 5,436 decks
- Rowan, Scion of War: 4,781 decks
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots: 3,632 decks
- Teval, Arbiter of Virtue: 2,816 decks
Often played with Vilis, Broker of Blood
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : A player loses life if they pay life.
- : If you pay life to cast a spell or activate an ability, you don't draw cards until after you've finished casting that spell or activating that ability. You draw those cards before that spell or ability resolves, but after targets are chosen for it.