---
name: "Sanguine Bond"
mana_cost: "{3}{B}{B}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "C17"
set_name: "Commander 2017"
collector_number: "124"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Jaime Jones"
oracle_id: "73089a39-a2f6-4aa2-a058-e6551475153d"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/sanguine-bond-c17"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Sanguine Bond
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{B}{B}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Enchantment

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

> *"Blood is constant. Every drop I drink, someone must bleed."
—Vradeen, vampire nocturnus*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Exquisite Blood](/printing/exquisite-blood-lcc.md) — Enchantment
2. [Exsanguinate](/printing/exsanguinate-som.md) — Sorcery
3. [Epicure of Blood](/printing/epicure-of-blood-j22.md) — Creature — Vampire
4. [Tainted Remedy](/printing/tainted-remedy-ori.md) — Enchantment
5. [Enduring Tenacity](/printing/enduring-tenacity-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Snake Glimmer
6. [Rain of Gore](/printing/rain-of-gore-dis.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander 2017 (C17) #124
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Jaime Jones
- **Total Printings:** 72 across all historical editions

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