Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz

Legendary Enchantment // Legendary Land

{1}{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you have 5 or less life, you may transform Arguel's Blood Fast.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Ixalan
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#8208
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Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz card art
Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz is a repeatable draw engine that trades life for cards at two mana — cheap enough to land early, punishing enough to matter all game. The life cost is real, but in black, life is a resource, and the flip condition into a land that gains it back closes the loop; just don't run it alongside Outrider en-Kor effects that drain you faster than you can recoup.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is where Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz earns its keep — 40 life gives you room to pay two per draw repeatedly without collapsing, and the flip into Temple of Aclazotz provides a stabilizing land in the late game when you've burned low. In Legacy and Vintage, faster formats punish two-mana do-nothing enchantments hard, and dedicated draw spells or Phyrexian mana options outclass it on efficiency. Modern and Pioneer have similar problems — the card is too slow against aggressive opposition and too fragile against enchantment hate to see real play. Stick to Commander, where the life buffer is large and the long-game value compounds.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Arguel's Blood Fast // Temple of Aclazotz sits firmly in bulk territory — this is a pickup you grab as a throw-in, not a card you track down specifically. Bulk rares with genuine Commander utility tend to stay flat or tick up slowly as supply depletes, so there's no urgency either direction; just grab one next time you're placing an order.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.