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Blade of the Bloodchief

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Artifact — Equipment

ZENZendikar#196rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 2 per booster–1 in 1793
Illustrator
Jung Park
Found in
2012 Core Set Event Deck Vampire Onslaught · Zendikar MTGO Redemption Foil · 3 more
Printings3CombosIn 55
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 LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Whenever a creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on equipped creature. If equipped creature is a Vampire, put two +1/+1 counters on it instead. Equip {1}
Equip

Plays as: Is Equipment

Market · per finishspark updated 21m ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+5.9%
$6.28
$2.99 low-$2.21 gap
Foil+0.0%
$52.79
$44.99 low$7.49 gap
Cheapest playable copy$3.85· across 3 printings

Rulings

6 · latest Oct 1, 2009 · one tap opens all
  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    Blade of the Bloodchief's ability triggers regardless of who controlled the creature and whose graveyard it was put into.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If Blade of the Bloodchief leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the counters are put on the creature it was attached to at the time it left the battlefield. If it wasn't attached to a creature at that time, nothing gets the counters.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If the equipped creature and another creature are dealt lethal damage at the same time, the equipped creature will be put into a graveyard before it would receive any counters.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    If the equipped creature itself is put into a graveyard, Blade of the Bloodchief's ability will trigger. However, it won't do anything when it resolves unless a spell or ability has caused it to become attached to another creature by that time. (Remember that you may activate an equip ability only as a sorcery.)

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    The +1/+1 counters are put on the equipped creature, not Blade of the Bloodchief. If Blade of the Bloodchief is moved to a different creature, the +1/+1 counters will stay where they are.

  • WotCOct 1, 2009

    The creature that gets the counters is the one that's equipped by Blade of the Bloodchief at the time the ability resolves. It doesn't matter what creature Blade of the Bloodchief was attached to (if any) when it triggered.