---
name: "Exquisite Blood"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: []
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AVR"
set_name: "Avacyn Restored"
collector_number: "102"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Cynthia Sheppard"
oracle_id: "8f933fae-6c0c-42d7-a817-14760d8285cd"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/exquisite-blood-avr"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Exquisite Blood
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sanguine Bond](/printing/sanguine-bond-c21.md) — Enchantment
2. [Epicure of Blood](/printing/epicure-of-blood-c21.md) — Creature — Vampire
3. [Exsanguinate](/printing/exsanguinate-fdn.md) — Sorcery
4. [Marauding Blight-Priest](/printing/marauding-blight-priest-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Cleric
5. [Blood Tithe](/printing/blood-tithe-m11.md) — Sorcery
6. [Vengeful Bloodwitch](/printing/vengeful-bloodwitch-fdn.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Avacyn Restored (AVR) #102
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Cynthia Sheppard
- **Total Printings:** 6 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`

## Official Rulings
- *(2012-05-01)* If you and an opponent both lose life simultaneously, and this causes your life total to become 0 or less, you'll lose the game before Exquisite Blood's triggered ability can resolve.
- *(2012-05-01)* Damage dealt to an opponent usually causes that opponent to lose life. An opponent paying life also causes loss of life.