---
name: "Blood Artist"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Vampire"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOC"
set_name: "Secrets of Strixhaven Commander"
collector_number: "209"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "L.A. Draws"
oracle_id: "310f141c-7f37-4729-aed6-dd9c09db448d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-artist-soc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Artist
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [A-Blood Artist](/printing/a-blood-artist-jmp.md) — Creature — Vampire
2. [Vengeful Bloodwitch](/printing/vengeful-bloodwitch-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock
3. [Epicure of Blood](/printing/epicure-of-blood-c21.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Kheru Bloodsucker](/printing/kheru-bloodsucker-ktk.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Kalastria Highborn](/printing/kalastria-highborn-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman
6. [Blood Seeker](/printing/blood-seeker-dsc.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC) #209
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** L.A. Draws

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2016-06-08)* If Blood Artist and one or more other creatures die at the same time, its ability will trigger for each of those creatures.