---
name: "Sanguimancy"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "BNG"
set_name: "Born of the Gods"
collector_number: "81"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Dave Kendall"
oracle_id: "f0a85525-b174-41d9-8871-870af29d3480"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sanguimancy-bng"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sanguimancy
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is your devotion to black. (Each {B} in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sign in Blood](/printing/sign-in-blood-gn3.md) — Sorcery
2. [Ambition's Cost](/printing/ambitions-cost-8ed.md) — Sorcery
3. [Blood Divination](/printing/blood-divination-jmp.md) — Sorcery
4. [Damnable Pact](/printing/damnable-pact-c17.md) — Sorcery
5. [Ancient Craving](/printing/ancient-craving-a25.md) — Sorcery
6. [Blood Pact](/printing/blood-pact-mid.md) — Instant

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Born of the Gods (BNG) #81
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Dave Kendall
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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