---
name: "Blitz Leech"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Leech"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flash"]
set: "IKO"
set_name: "Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths"
collector_number: "74"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Nicholas Gregory"
oracle_id: "7679942f-fcbc-4750-8e8c-fe0ad8103c11"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blitz-leech-iko"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blitz Leech
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Leech
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/2
- **Keywords:** Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.

> *„Narren tragen Rüstung gegen ihn, als wenn das Schlimmste, was er sich holen könnte, dein Blut wäre."
—Gavi die Nesthüterin*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Ambush Gigapede](/printing/ambush-gigapede-otj.md) — Creature — Insect
2. [Brinebarrow Intruder](/printing/brinebarrow-intruder-khm.md) — Creature — Human Rogue
3. [Leeching Licid](/printing/leeching-licid-tmp.md) — Creature — Licid
4. [Night Clubber](/printing/night-clubber-snc.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
5. [Andradite Leech](/printing/andradite-leech-inv.md) — Creature — Leech
6. [Blister Beetle](/printing/blister-beetle-ala.md) — Creature — Insect

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #74
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Nicholas Gregory
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `legal` | Penny: `legal`