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New Blood

{2}{B}{B}

Sorcery

LCCThe Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander#202rare

"Now isn't that better?" —Olivia Voldaren

Finishes
Nonfoil
Border
black
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015
Pull rate
about 1 per booster
Illustrator
Howard Lyon
Found in
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander Deck Blood Rites
Printings2EDHREC rank#4,395
CommanderLegalModernNot legalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerNot legal
ModernNot legal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricNot legal
TimelessNot legal
BrawlNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
GladiatorNot legal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulNot legal
Future StandardNot legal
As an additional cost to cast this spell, tap an untapped Vampire you control. Gain control of target creature. Change the text of that creature by replacing all instances of one creature type with Vampire.
Plays as:
Theft
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
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$0.35
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Rulings

8 · latest Aug 25, 2017
  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    New Blood changes the creature type each time it appears in the creature's type line and/or rules text. It doesn't change the name of the card or any instances of the word being used as part of a card's name.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    New Blood's effect changes only the text printed on the creature. It can't change words found in abilities it's been granted. For example, if you change Rat to Vampire on Hungry Lynx, your Cats will have protection from Vampires; but if instead you change Rat to Vampire on Phantom Nishoba while you control a Hungry Lynx, Phantom Nishoba will have protection from Rats.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    The creature you gain control of won't be a Vampire if you don't choose a creature type in that creature's type line as one to replace.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    The type-changing effect can change part of a word (such as "non-Human") if the part of the word is being used to refer to a creature type.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    To pay the additional cost of New Blood, you may tap any untapped Vampire you control, including one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn. (Note that tapping the creature doesn't use {T} [the tap symbol].)

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    You can't choose multiple creature types, such as "Cat Warrior." A Cat Warrior is both a Cat and a Warrior. It's affected by anything that affects either type and unaffected by things that affect non-Cat or non-Warrior creatures.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    You choose what word you're changing as New Blood resolves. You don't have to choose a word that appears in the creature's text.

  • WotCAug 25, 2017

    You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Cat. Card types such as "artifact" can't be chosen.