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Call for Blood

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1 printing listed in our catalog, from newest to oldest.

Call for Blood, Betrayers of Kamigawa printing
Betrayers of Kamigawa BOK · No. 63 2005-02-04

Card text

{4}{B}
Instant — Arcane
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.
EDHREC rank #29238 Common Not on the Reserved List
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Standard ∅ Not legal
Pioneer ∅ Not legal
Modern ✓ Legal
Legacy ✓ Legal
Vintage ✓ Legal
Pauper ✓ Legal
Commander ✓ Legal
Oathbreaker ✓ Legal
Brawl ∅ Not legal
Historic ∅ Not legal
Timeless ∅ Not legal
Alchemy ∅ Not legal
Explorer ∅ Not legal
Gladiator ∅ Not legal
Penny ✓ Legal
Duel ✓ Legal

Official rulings

4 rulings · in English, source Scryfall

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.

2005-02-01 · Wizards of the Coast

Uses last known information for the sacrificed creature’s power.

2005-02-01 · Wizards of the Coast

You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you cannot cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you cannot sacrifice additional creatures.

2013-04-15 · Wizards of the Coast

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.

2013-04-15 · Wizards of the Coast

All printings

Call for Blood, Betrayers of Kamigawa printing
Betrayers of Kamigawa
BOK · #63
Common
Tapt's Canadian calculation. How to read these prices
Negative Zone Comics · Condition LP