MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #25

Barter in Blood

DIGITAL ONLY

sis·#25·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Eric Deschamps

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Mar '23

3 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,927 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Sorcery

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 3

2012-05-01wotc

If a player controls only one creature, that creature is sacrificed.

2012-05-01wotc

The active player chooses which creatures will be sacrificed first, then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all creatures are sacrificed simultaneously.

2012-05-01wotc

Barter in Blood doesn’t target any creatures and may be cast even if a player controls fewer than two creatures.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from SIS — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #25 of *Shadows of the Past*, the set that shipped alongside the March 2023 Shadows of the Past release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{B}{B} (4 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #12,927 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Eric Deschamps. Rarix catalogs 890 other cards credited to this artist.