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◇ Catalog #196

Blade of the Bloodchief

zen·#196·rare·foil

Illus. Jung Park

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Oct '09

17 yr ago

Value

$55.08+$2 (+4.2%)

30 days high $57 · low $52

NM$55.1

LP—

MP—

HP—

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$51–$58modeled

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $57low $0.03range 189600.0%n 50

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #2,393 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$55

Nonfoil$5.62

Gameplay

Artifact — Equipment

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}

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 6

2009-10-01wotc

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.

2009-10-01wotc

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.

2009-10-01wotc

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.)

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 2 months ago at $55.08. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.03 and $56.91 across 50 observations. Cross-checked across TCGplayer, eBay sold, Cardmarket EU, and Star City.

This printing is one of 3 catalogued treatments from ZEN — the lineup includes Foil and 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 #196 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar release.

Card type: Artifact — Equipment, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {1} (1 converted). Keyword abilities: Equip.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #2,393 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Jung Park. Rarix catalogs 370 other cards credited to this artist.