Blood Fountain
Artifact
When this artifact enters, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
, , Sacrifice this artifact: Return up to two target creature cards from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.39
- EDHREC rank
- #7829
Blood Fountain enters, makes a Blood token, and on sacrifice returns two creatures from your graveyard to hand — that's a two-for-one value engine stapled to a cantrip artifact for two mana. It's a staple in any deck that wants Blood tokens on the battlefield and payoff pieces back in hand, and Strefan, Maurer Progenitor decks in particular treat it as a mandatory inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor needs Blood tokens on the battlefield to cheat Vampires into play at end of combat, and Blood Fountain supplies one immediately while also recovering two creatures lost to sacrifice or removal — fueling the engine and refilling the hand in one card.
Imskir Iron-Eater
Imskir Iron-Eater wants cheap artifacts to sacrifice for card draw and life gain, and Blood Fountain fits the role perfectly — it sacrifices itself to return two creatures, meaning Imskir converts it into draw while Blood Fountain recovers the creatures needed to keep feeding the loop.
Olivia, Crimson Bride
Olivia, Crimson Bride reanimates Vampires from the graveyard at attack, so Blood Fountain's sacrifice mode returning two creatures directly sets up her trigger by loading targets back into the graveyard or hand for subsequent turns.
Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Braids, Arisen Nightmare rewards sacrificing permanents on each opponent's upkeep, and Blood Fountain is an artifact that sacrifices on command — Blood Fountain feeds Braids's trigger while the creature recursion replaces whatever you've been losing to her demand.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blood Fountain is a Commander card first and foremost — the value it generates is too slow and too incremental to matter in faster formats like Modern or Pioneer, where two mana for a Blood token and a delayed two-card recovery doesn't clear the bar. In Pauper it's legal and the effect is decent in sacrifice-themed black shells, though competition is stiff at common. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the effect is simply not powerful enough to register. Commander is the home: 100-card singleton magnifies every recursion effect, and decks built around Blood tokens, sacrifice loops, or graveyard recursion treat Blood Fountain as a reliable, cheap enabler.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.39 bulk tier
At $0.39, Blood Fountain is bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the effect fits your deck. Bulk artifacts with genuine synergy applications rarely climb in price, so there's no urgency beyond just sleeving it in.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
- Imskir Iron-Eater
- Olivia, Crimson Bride
- Braids, Arisen Nightmare
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.