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Blood Tyrant

{4}{U}{B}{R}

Creature — Vampire

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Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Karl Kopinski
Found in
Archenemy Nicol Bolas
Printings3
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Flying, trample At the beginning of your upkeep, each player loses 1 life. Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature for each 1 life lost this way. Whenever a player loses the game, put five +1/+1 counters on this creature.
5/5
FlyingTrample
Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+2.9%
$0.36
$0.19 low$0.16 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.36· across 3 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Feb 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
  • WotCFeb 1, 2009

    Blood Tyrant’s second ability causes each player to lose 1 life, including you. Blood Tyrant will count each player’s life loss, including yours, when determining how many +1/+1 counters it gets.

  • WotCFeb 1, 2009

    Blood Tyrant’s third ability will trigger no matter how a player loses the game: due to a state-based action (as a result of having a life total of 0 or less, trying to draw a card from an empty library, or having ten poison counters), a spell or ability that says that player loses the game, a concession, or a game loss awarded by a judge.

  • WotCFeb 1, 2009

    In a multiplayer game using the limited range of influence option (such as a Grand Melee game), if a spell or ability says that you win the game, it instead causes all of your opponents within your range of influence to lose the game. This is another way by which Blood Tyrant’s third ability can trigger.