---
name: "Taste of Blood"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "M12"
set_name: "Magic 2012"
collector_number: "113"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Howard Lyon"
oracle_id: "8e5026da-4859-4f30-824c-a49ac308e91a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/taste-of-blood-m12"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Taste of Blood
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Sorcery

## Oracle Text
Taste of Blood deals 1 damage to target player or planeswalker and you gain 1 life.

> *"How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads, to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams."
—Bram Stoker, *Dracula**

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Sorin's Thirst](/printing/sorins-thirst-m12.md) — Instant
2. [Vampiric Touch](/printing/vampiric-touch-por.md) — Sorcery
3. [Vampiric Feast](/printing/vampiric-feast-por.md) — Sorcery
4. [Agonizing Syphon](/printing/agonizing-syphon-m20.md) — Sorcery
5. [Vicious Hunger](/printing/vicious-hunger-ddd.md) — Sorcery
6. [Sorin's Vengeance](/printing/sorins-vengeance-m12.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Magic 2012 (M12) #113
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Howard Lyon
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

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