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◇ Catalog #76

Barter in Blood

DIGITAL ONLY

td2·#76·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Paolo Parente

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

May '11

15 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #12,927 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil$0.39

Gameplay

Sorcery

Each player sacrifices two creatures of their choice.

"In the game of conquest, who cares about the pawns if the king yet reigns?" —Geth, keeper of the Vault

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 TD2 — 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 #76 of *Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia*, the set that shipped alongside the May 2011 Duel Decks: Mirrodin Pure vs. New Phyrexia 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 Paolo Parente. Rarix catalogs 572 other cards credited to this artist.