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Sanguine Bond

{3}{B}{B}

Enchantment

WOTWilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales#35rare
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"The witch smiled, savoring every stolen year. Every love the knight would never court, every meal he'd never taste, every honor he'd never win, was sweet as honey on her tongue." —*Hexes of Dunbarrow*

Finishes
Nonfoil · Foil
Border
borderless
Security stamp
oval
Frame
2015 · Full art
Pull rate
~1 in 37–2150
Illustrator
Harry Conway
Found in
Wilds of Eldraine Collector Booster Pack · Wilds of Eldraine Set Booster Pack · 2 more
Printings10Combos26EDHREC rank#502
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality

Constructed

StandardNot legal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperNot legal

Commander

CommanderLegal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
Duel CommanderLegal
PreDHLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Tiny LeadersNot legal

Arena

AlchemyNot legal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlNot legal
Competitive BrawlLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other

PremodernNot legal
Old SchoolNot legal
Penny DreadfulLegal
Future StandardNot legal
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Plays as:
DrainLifegain Payoff
Market · per finishspark updated 1h ago · prices as of 2026-08-30
Nonfoil+9.3%
$7.14
$4.96 low$0.26 gapTCGplayer
Foil+5.4%
$10.39
$7.00 low$1.00 gapTCGplayer
Cheapest playable copy$4.83· across 10 printings· view the cheapest printing ›

Rulings

5 · latest Apr 12, 2024
  • WotCApr 12, 2024

    In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Sanguine Bond's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.

  • WotCSep 1, 2023

    Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Sanguine Bond's ability will trigger twice and you may choose a different opponent for each trigger. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If an ability triggers whenever an opponent loses life and causes you to gain life, such as the ability of Exquisite Blood, this will loop until either you win the game or a player takes an action to break the loop. If neither of these happen, the game ends in a draw.

  • WotCMar 19, 2021

    If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Sanguine Bond's ability triggers only once.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    Sanguine Bond's ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Soul Warden or 8 life from Tendrils of Corruption.