Blood Cultist
~$0.32 low · ~$1.12 high
Multicolor. Creature — Human Wizard
Shards of Alara #157 · Illustrated by Karl Kopinski
Shards of Alara #157 · Illustrated by Karl KopinskiWhat is Blood Cultist worth?
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Oracle text
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.
Whenever a creature dealt damage by this creature this turn dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
1/1
"To immortality."
Format legality
The only printing of Blood Cultist
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shards of Alara ala #157· 2008uncommon· Cardmarket €0.26 · €0.89 foil | uncommon | $0.32 | $1.12 | €0.26€0.89 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2008
- Printings
- 1
- Mana value
- 3
- EDHREC rank
- #17,369 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Shards of Alara card (#157).
157
- 157Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Blood Cultist, read from the Shards of Alara printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Blood Cultist. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 3: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Human and Wizard are subtypes, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does.
- Flavor text
- Italic story text below the rules. It has no effect on the game, and it can differ between printings.
- Power / toughness
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Karl Kopinski. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Shards of Alara. Silver means uncommon.
- Collector number
- 157 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski, after the paintbrush.
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Rulings (2)
2008-10-01
Each time a creature is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, check whether Blood Cultist had dealt any damage to it at any time during that turn. (This includes combat damage.) If so, Blood Cultist's second ability will trigger. It doesn't matter who controlled the creature or whose graveyard it was put into.
2008-10-01
If Blood Cultist and a creature it dealt damage to are both put into a graveyard at the same time, Blood Cultist's ability will trigger, but it will do nothing when it resolves.
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