Bankrupt in Blood
Sorcery
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice two creatures.
Draw three cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica Allegiance
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #12212
Bankrupt in Blood draws three cards for two mana — the catch is sacrificing two creatures and paying two life, which means it's dead weight unless you have bodies to spend. In sacrifice-focused Commander decks that generate token fodder, it's a real draw spell; everywhere else, the setup cost price-gouges the payoff.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bankrupt in Blood is essentially a Commander card — the sacrifice-two requirement is too steep for formats where creature counts are lean and every body matters. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, three-mana sorcery-speed draw exists in far less conditional forms, and you rarely hold two dispensable creatures at the same time. Commander is the natural home because 100-card decks built around sacrifice engines or token production can meet the cost trivially, and drawing three at instant speed on a sorcery is genuinely powerful when the setup is free. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies at smaller scale, though the 20-life starting total makes the two-life payment a slightly bigger consideration.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Bankrupt in Blood is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar box or throw-in trade. The price reflects narrow playability rather than low power; in the right deck it overperforms its cost, but demand stays limited because most decks can't reliably feed it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.