---
name: "Blood Lust"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "5ED"
set_name: "Fifth Edition"
collector_number: "212"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Anson Maddocks"
oracle_id: "55a253f9-f44d-4898-af83-fea68b7b279d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-lust-5ed"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Lust
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
If target creature has toughness 5 or greater, it gets +4/-4 until end of turn. Otherwise, it gets +4/-X until end of turn, where X is its toughness minus 1.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blood Frenzy](/printing/blood-frenzy-tmp.md) — Instant
2. [Rush of Blood](/printing/rush-of-blood-avr.md) — Instant
3. [Battering Wurm](/printing/battering-wurm-gpt.md) — Creature — Wurm
4. [Bloodline Culling](/printing/bloodline-culling-mid.md) — Instant
5. [Flowstone Overseer](/printing/flowstone-overseer-nem.md) — Creature — Beast
6. [Bloodscale Prowler](/printing/bloodscale-prowler-gpt.md) — Creature — Lizard Warrior

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Fifth Edition (5ED) #212
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Anson Maddocks
- **Total Printings:** 24 across all historical editions

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