---
name: "Blood Scrivener"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Zombie Wizard"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "PIO"
set_name: "Pioneer Masters"
collector_number: "86"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "David Astruga"
oracle_id: "af66da4b-2f36-4dd2-a5c6-18e6023c5aba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/blood-scrivener-pio"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Blood Scrivener
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Zombie Wizard
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
If you would draw a card while you have no cards in hand, instead you draw two cards and you lose 1 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Undead Augur](/printing/undead-augur-prm.md) — Creature — Zombie Wizard
2. [Novice Occultist](/printing/novice-occultist-mid.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
3. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
4. [Exultant Cultist](/printing/exultant-cultist-sir.md) — Creature — Human Wizard
5. [Asylum Visitor](/printing/asylum-visitor-inr.md) — Creature — Vampire Wizard
6. [Youthful Scholar](/printing/youthful-scholar-dtk.md) — Creature — Human Wizard

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Pioneer Masters (PIO) #86
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** David Astruga
- **Total Printings:** 12 across all historical editions

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