---
name: "Blood Clock"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "SOK-153"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Keith Garletts"
oracle_id: "ef987ddb-25f6-4895-8f83-045254745ea4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-clock-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Clock
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.

> *In an age of war, time is measured not by sand but by blood.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Midnight Clock](/printing/midnight-clock-m3c.md) — Artifact
2. [Sunken Hope](/printing/sunken-hope-pc2.md) — Enchantment
3. [Umbilicus](/printing/umbilicus-usg.md) — Artifact
4. [Armageddon Clock](/printing/armageddon-clock-sum.md) — Artifact
5. [Curfew](/printing/curfew-brb.md) — Instant
6. [Bloodletter Quill](/printing/bloodletter-quill-rav.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #SOK-153
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Keith Garletts
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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