---
name: "Blood Oath"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "WC01"
set_name: "World Championship Decks 2001"
collector_number: "jt177sb"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Mike Ploog"
oracle_id: "877c34ca-6eff-42ce-b4d7-8a2071d0290a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-oath-wc01"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blood Oath
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose a card type. Target opponent reveals their hand. Blood Oath deals 3 damage to that player for each card of the chosen type revealed this way. (Artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, instant, kindred, land, planeswalker, and sorcery are card types.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Gaze of Adamaro](/printing/gaze-of-adamaro-sok.md) — Instant — Arcane
2. [Planeswalker's Fury](/printing/planeswalkers-fury-pls.md) — Enchantment
3. [Castigate](/printing/castigate-gpt.md) — Sorcery
4. [Ostracize](/printing/ostracize-ulg.md) — Sorcery
5. [Thought Hemorrhage](/printing/thought-hemorrhage-arb.md) — Sorcery
6. [Inquisition](/printing/inquisition-drk.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** World Championship Decks 2001 (WC01) #jt177sb
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Mike Ploog
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

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