---
name: "Call for Blood"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Instant — Arcane"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "f2782c21-ed99-4821-8938-cc539e783ec7"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/call-for-blood-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Call for Blood
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Instant — Arcane

## Oracle Text
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sacrifice](/printing/sacrifice-lea.md) — Instant
2. [Ichor Explosion](/printing/ichor-explosion-nph.md) — Sorcery
3. [Culling the Weak](/printing/culling-the-weak-sld.md) — Instant
4. [Final Strike](/printing/final-strike-por.md) — Sorcery
5. [Pyrrhic Blast](/printing/pyrrhic-blast-bro.md) — Instant
6. [Rite of Consumption](/printing/rite-of-consumption-plst.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #63
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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