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◇ Catalog #81

Blood Tribute

zen·#81·rare·nonfoil

Illus. Alex Horley-Orlandelli

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Oct '09

16 yr ago

Value

$5.93$0 (-6.6%)

30 days high $5.28 · low $4.93

Volatility · moderate

USD$4.93EUR€1.75TIX0.02 tix

NM$4.93

LP—

MP—

HP—

DMG—

$4.83–$5.39

30 days ago
today

90-dayhigh $5.28low $0.02range 26300.0%n 46

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TCGplayer eBay sold Cardmarket EU Star City

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Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #5,860 · Niche pick

Variants

Foil$22

Nonfoil$4.93

Gameplay

Sorcery

Kicker—Tap an untapped Vampire you control. (You may tap a Vampire you control in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Target opponent loses half their life, rounded up. If this spell was kicked, you gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Legalities

tlrnot legal

duellegal

brawlnot legal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 7

2024-11-08wotc

If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."

2024-11-08wotc

To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

2024-11-08wotc

If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.

2024-11-08

Context

Last observed on Scryfall 6 days ago at $4.93, down from $5.28 thirty days ago. Over the trailing 90 days the price moved between $0.02 and $5.28 across 46 observations — a moderately swinging band. 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 #81 of *Zendikar*, the set that shipped alongside the October 2009 Zendikar release.

Card type: Sorcery, color identity black, printed at rare. Rares occupy the bottom-of-pack rare slot in standard boosters. Mana cost: {4}{B}{B} (6 converted). Keyword abilities: Kicker.

Legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander.

EDHrec ranks this card #5,860 in Commander, putting it in the niche-pick tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Alex Horley-Orlandelli. Rarix catalogs 409 other cards credited to this artist.