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Blood Scrivener

{1}{B}

Creature — Zombie Wizard

DGMDragon's Maze#22rare

Make sure you bleed the fine print.

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1200
Illustrator
Peter Mohrbacher
Found in
Born of the Gods Event Deck Underworld Herald · Dragons Maze MTGO Redemption · 3 more
Printings2EDHREC rank#16,877
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersLegal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, instead you draw two cards and you lose 1 life.
2/1
Plays as:
Card DrawDraw PayoffLife Outlet
Market · per finishspark updated 42m ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+10.3%
$0.32
$0.10 low$0.07 gapTCGplayer
Foil-4.5%
$0.42
$0.35 low-$0.15 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$0.32· across 2 printings· you're viewing it

Rulings

2 · latest Apr 15, 2013
  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Any time you are instructed to draw more than one card, you draw them one at a time. For example, if you control Blood Scrivener and have no cards in hand and you’re instructed to “draw two cards,” your first card draw is replaced by drawing two cards and losing 1 life, then you’ll draw the second card from the original instruction. In total, you’ll draw three cards and lose 1 life.

  • WotCApr 15, 2013

    Each additional Blood Scrivener you control will effectively add one card and 1 life lost. Say you control two Blood Scriveners and would draw a card while you have no cards in hand. The effect of one Blood Scrivener will replace the event “draw a card” with “draw two cards and lose 1 life.” The effect of the other Blood Scrivener will replace the drawing of the first of those two cards with “draw two cards and lose 1 life.” You’ll draw two cards and lose 1 life, then draw another card and lose another 1 life.