MTG · Card

◇ Catalog #B16

Flames of the Blood Hand

DIGITAL ONLY

td0·#B16·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Aleksi Briclot

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Nov '10

16 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #24,030 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.04

Gameplay

Instant

Flames of the Blood Hand deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. The damage can't be prevented. If that player or that planeswalker's controller would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead.

Many ogres extracted blood oaths from the oni they summoned. Others simply extracted blood.

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 2

2005-02-01wotc

The damage is unpreventable, and the targeted player’s life gain that turn is replaced with nothing.

2005-02-01wotc

The replacement effect applies only to the target player, not to a permanent or player the damage might be redirected to.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from TD0 — 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 #B16 of *Magic Online Theme Decks*, the set that shipped alongside the November 2010 Magic Online Theme Decks release.

Card type: Instant, color identity red, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {2}{R} (3 converted).

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #24,030 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Aleksi Briclot. Rarix catalogs 479 other cards credited to this artist.