---
name: "Blood Poet"
mana_cost: "{2}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Cleric"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "CMB2"
set_name: "Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021"
collector_number: "34"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Marsha Rivera"
oracle_id: "c74655d1-25a2-4208-8507-95fccff2a694"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-poet-cmb2"
legalities:
  commander: "not_legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "not_legal"
  vintage: "not_legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Blood Poet
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Cleric
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/2

## Oracle Text
Spark (Activate spark abilities by spending or giving yourself spark counters. Activate only one spark ability per turn, and only as a sorcery.)
+1: Blood Poet gains lifelink until end of turn.
−3: Target opponent discards a card. You gain life equal to its converted mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Call the Bloodline](/printing/call-the-bloodline-f16.md) — Enchantment
2. [Citystalker Connoisseur](/printing/citystalker-connoisseur-ymid.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord](/printing/sorin-imperious-bloodlord-inr.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin
4. [Stromkirk Condemned](/printing/stromkirk-condemned-pemn.md) — Creature — Vampire Horror
5. [Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose](/printing/vito-thorn-of-the-dusk-rose-p30a.md) — Legendary Creature — Vampire Cleric
6. [A-Sorin, Imperious Bloodlord](/printing/a-sorin-imperious-bloodlord-m20.md) — Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mystery Booster Playtest Cards 2021 (CMB2) #34
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Marsha Rivera
- **Total Printings:** 2 across all historical editions

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