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Blood Curdle

{3}{B}

Instant

IKOIkoria: Lair of Behemoths#75common
Foil

Fear pierces the strongest armor.

Border
black
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 630
Illustrator
Antonio José Manzanedo
Found in
Ikoria Lair of Behemoths Theme Booster Black · Ikoria Lair of Behemoths MTGO Redemption Foil · 6 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlLegal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlLegal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorLegal
HistoricLegal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
PennyLegal
PioneerLegal
PreDHNot legal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Destroy target creature. Put a menace counter on a creature you control. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)

Plays as: Spot Removal

Market · per finishspark updated 10h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+10.5%
$0.21
$0.01 low$0.00 gap
Foil+0.0%
$0.29
$0.08 low-$0.08 gap
Cheapest playable copy$0.09· across 2 printings

Rulings

3 · latest Apr 17, 2020 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    Blood Curdle targets only one creature: the one that will be destroyed. You choose which creature to put a menace counter on after the target creature has been destroyed.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If a creature you control was exiled until the creature that was destroyed left the battlefield, the exiled creature returns in time to receive the counter.

  • WotCApr 17, 2020

    If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Blood Curdle tries to resolve, the spell won’t resolve. You won’t put a menace counter on any creature. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), you do put a menace counter on a creature you control.

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