---
name: "Blood Pact"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PLST"
set_name: "The List"
collector_number: "MID-88"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Sam White"
oracle_id: "cfc5a284-7238-4c98-9d2f-7e5c3329be7b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-pact-plst"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blood Pact
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

> *Griselbrand's defeat did not mark the end of the Skirsdag cult. They simply turned their worship to the next demon to emerge from the shadows bearing offers of power.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery
3. [Painful Lesson](/printing/painful-lesson-plst.md) — Sorcery
4. [Pointed Discussion](/printing/pointed-discussion-vow.md) — Sorcery
5. [Succumb to Temptation](/printing/succumb-to-temptation-emn.md) — Instant
6. [Painful Bond](/printing/painful-bond-yneo.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The List (PLST) #MID-88
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Sam White
- **Total Printings:** 19 across all historical editions

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