---
name: "Blood Beckoning"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "ZNR"
set_name: "Zendikar Rising"
collector_number: "92"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Cristi Balanescu"
oracle_id: "67a48e3f-2388-42a9-a8b1-97c08761f807"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-beckoning-znr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Beckoning
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.)
Return target creature card from your graveyard to your hand. If this spell was kicked, instead return two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Urborg Repossession](/printing/urborg-repossession-plst.md) — Sorcery
2. [Zuko's Conviction](/printing/zukos-conviction-tla.md) — Instant
3. [Sheoldred's Restoration](/printing/sheoldreds-restoration-dmu.md) — Sorcery
4. [March of the Returned](/printing/march-of-the-returned-ths.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ghitu Chronicler](/printing/ghitu-chronicler-dom.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
6. [Dutiful Return](/printing/dutiful-return-bfz.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar Rising (ZNR) #92
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Cristi Balanescu
- **Total Printings:** 17 across all historical editions

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