---
name: "Bloodline Culling"
mana_cost: "{1}{B}{B}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "343"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Liiga Smilshkalne"
oracle_id: "0b7fabe8-bc44-47b1-93bb-b895a1bd0aa9"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/bloodline-culling-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Bloodline Culling
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{B}{B}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Choose one —
• Target creature gets -5/-5 until end of turn.
• Creature tokens get -2/-2 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Stab](/printing/stab-fdn.md) — Instant
2. [Sick and Tired](/printing/sick-and-tired-ulg.md) — Instant
3. [Gnashing of Teeth](/printing/gnashing-of-teeth-hob.md) — Sorcery
4. [Dismember](/printing/dismember-sld.md) — Instant
5. [Wring Flesh](/printing/wring-flesh-m12.md) — Instant
6. [Disfigure](/printing/disfigure-ddr.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #343
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Liiga Smilshkalne
- **Total Printings:** 21 across all historical editions

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