---
name: "Marshland Bloodcaster"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Vampire Warlock"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "C21"
set_name: "Commander 2021"
collector_number: "43"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jodie Muir"
oracle_id: "5ecf35b1-0bfd-4c60-a791-5a3b918dd630"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/marshland-bloodcaster-c21"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Marshland Bloodcaster
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Vampire Warlock
- **Power/Toughness:** 3/5
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
{1}{B}, {T}: Rather than pay the mana cost of the next spell you cast this turn, you may pay life equal to that spell's mana value.

> *Blood magic is more artery than science.*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Shadowcloak Vampire](/printing/shadowcloak-vampire-m15.md) — Creature — Vampire
2. [Sadistic Skymarcher](/printing/sadistic-skymarcher-rix.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
3. [Skymarch Bloodletter](/printing/skymarch-bloodletter-xln.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
4. [Bloodvial Purveyor](/printing/bloodvial-purveyor-vow.md) — Creature — Vampire
5. [Vampiric Spirit](/printing/vampiric-spirit-8ed.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Sneering Shadewriter](/printing/sneering-shadewriter-sos.md) — Creature — Vampire Warlock

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2021 (C21) #43
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jodie Muir
- **Total Printings:** 23 across all historical editions

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