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Taste of Blood

Taste of Blood

Sorcery

common

Taste of Blood deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life.

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Semantic Tags

Burnmechanical

A spell that deals direct damage to creatures or players.

Benefits from creatures or permanents dying — death triggers, blood artist effects.

Life Gainmechanical

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Life Gainvector

Gains you life. Relevant for lifegain-matters strategies and general survivability.

Triggers or payoffs when you gain life — not just life gain itself, but caring about it.

Specifically damages, destroys, or shuts down planeswalkers.

Specifically removes planeswalkers.

Removalmechanical

Answers an opponent's threat by destroying, exiling, bouncing, or otherwise removing a permanent or spell.

Format Legality

commanderlegal
oathbreakerlegal
modernlegal
pioneernot legal
standardnot legal
legacylegal
vintagelegal
pauperlegal
historicnot legal
explorernot legal
alchemynot legal

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Printings (1)

SetRarityTCGplayerCard KingdomCardmarket
Magic 2012#113common···

Rulings

2011-09-22

If the player is an illegal target when Taste of Blood tries to resolve, Taste of Blood won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won’t gain life.