---
name: "Blood Clock"
mana_cost: "{4}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: []
keywords: []
set: "SOK"
set_name: "Saviors of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "153"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Keith Garletts"
oracle_id: "ef987ddb-25f6-4895-8f83-045254745ea4"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-clock-sok"
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.

> *戦乱の時代、時は砂ではなく血で計った。*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forest](/printing/forest-blb.md) — Basic Land — Forest
2. [Fury Sliver](/printing/fury-sliver-tsp.md) — Creature — Sliver
3. [Kor Outfitter](/printing/kor-outfitter-zen.md) — Creature — Kor Soldier
4. [Spirit](/printing/spirit-tmm2.md) — Token Creature — Spirit
5. [Siren Lookout](/printing/siren-lookout-xln.md) — Creature — Siren Pirate
6. [Web](/printing/web-3ed.md) — Enchantment — Aura

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Saviors of Kamigawa (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`