---
name: "Exsanguinate"
mana_cost: "{X}{B}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "SOM"
set_name: "Scars of Mirrodin"
collector_number: "61"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Carl Critchlow"
oracle_id: "8164b1e8-3350-465e-8a17-75f57d326344"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/exsanguinate-som"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Exsanguinate
- **Mana Cost:** `{X}{B}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

> *I vampiri non considerano la pazienza una virtù né la golosità un peccato.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Blood Tithe](/printing/blood-tithe-m11.md) — Sorcery
2. [Debt to the Deathless](/printing/debt-to-the-deathless-rvr.md) — Sorcery
3. [Sanguine Bond](/printing/sanguine-bond-c17.md) — Enchantment
4. [Exquisite Blood](/printing/exquisite-blood-lcc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Syphon Soul](/printing/syphon-soul-6ed.md) — Sorcery
6. [Bond of Agony](/printing/bond-of-agony-dis.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Scars of Mirrodin (SOM) #61
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Carl Critchlow
- **Total Printings:** 50 across all historical editions

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