---
name: "Flames of the Blood Hand"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Instant"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: []
set: "BOK"
set_name: "Betrayers of Kamigawa"
collector_number: "101"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Aleksi Briclot"
oracle_id: "4e9df979-c1c2-4de1-944e-c5e2d782e66e"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/flames-of-the-blood-hand-bok"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Flames of the Blood Hand
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Instant

## Oracle Text
Flames of the Blood Hand deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker. The damage can't be prevented. If that player or that planeswalker's controller would gain life this turn, that player gains no life instead.

> *Les ogres liaient souvent les oni qu'ils invoquaient par des pactes de sang. Certains ne voulaient que du sang.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Skullcrack](/printing/skullcrack-otp.md) — Instant
2. [Cackling Flames](/printing/cackling-flames-dis.md) — Instant
3. [Rekindled Flame](/printing/rekindled-flame-eve.md) — Sorcery
4. [Punishing Fire](/printing/punishing-fire-ddg.md) — Instant
5. [Call In a Professional](/printing/call-in-a-professional-snc.md) — Instant
6. [Pulse of the Forge](/printing/pulse-of-the-forge-dst.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Betrayers of Kamigawa (BOK) #101
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Aleksi Briclot
- **Total Printings:** 10 across all historical editions

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