---
name: "Bloodchief Ascension"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "ZEN"
set_name: "Zendikar"
collector_number: "82"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Adi Granov"
oracle_id: "d5ea905b-4bb6-48d0-9082-c472703db550"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bloodchief-ascension-zen"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bloodchief Ascension
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.)
Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exquisite Blood](/printing/exquisite-blood-lcc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Dogged Pursuit](/printing/dogged-pursuit-khm.md) — Enchantment
3. [Luminarch Ascension](/printing/luminarch-ascension-a25.md) — Enchantment
4. [Font of Agonies](/printing/font-of-agonies-prna.md) — Enchantment
5. [Gonti's Machinations](/printing/gontis-machinations-aer.md) — Enchantment
6. [Ill-Gotten Inheritance](/printing/ill-gotten-inheritance-rna.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Zendikar (ZEN) #82
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Adi Granov
- **Total Printings:** 37 across all historical editions

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