---
name: "Blood Operative"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Assassin"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Lifelink"]
set: "GRN"
set_name: "Guilds of Ravnica"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Livia Prima"
oracle_id: "ef75da10-1b33-4066-bd42-1111b5a94f75"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-operative-grn"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Operative
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Assassin
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/1
- **Keywords:** Lifelink

## Oracle Text
Lifelink
When this creature enters, you may exile target card from a graveyard.
Whenever you surveil, if this card is in your graveyard, you may pay 3 life. If you do, return this card to your hand.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sanguine Spy](/printing/sanguine-spy-snc.md) — Creature — Vampire Rogue
2. [Bloodline Necromancer](/printing/bloodline-necromancer-c17.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard
3. [Salt Vampire](/printing/salt-vampire-trk.md) — Creature — Vampire Shapeshifter
4. [Desperate Bloodseeker](/printing/desperate-bloodseeker-otj.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Vampire Outcasts](/printing/vampire-outcasts-m12.md) — Creature — Vampire
6. [Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord](/printing/sorin-vengeful-bloodlord-pwar.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #63
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Livia Prima
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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