---
name: "Bloodletter Quill"
mana_cost: "{3}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Artifact"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B", "U"]
keywords: []
set: "RAV"
set_name: "Ravnica: City of Guilds"
collector_number: "254"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Dan Murayama Scott"
oracle_id: "79cf9c52-56e0-4237-a595-ec07824e5eed"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bloodletter-quill-rav"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bloodletter Quill
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Artifact

## Oracle Text
{2}, {T}, Put a blood counter on this artifact: Draw a card, then you lose 1 life for each blood counter on this artifact.
{U}{B}: Remove a blood counter from this artifact.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blood Fountain](/printing/blood-fountain-j25.md) — Artifact
2. [Pointed Discussion](/printing/pointed-discussion-vow.md) — Sorcery
3. [Shadowblood Egg](/printing/shadowblood-egg-ody.md) — Artifact
4. [Metalspinner's Puzzleknot](/printing/metalspinners-puzzleknot-j25.md) — Artifact
5. [Font of Agonies](/printing/font-of-agonies-prna.md) — Enchantment
6. [Sanguine Statuette](/printing/sanguine-statuette-vow.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV) #254
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Dan Murayama Scott
- **Total Printings:** 9 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`