Blood Pact
Instant
Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3315
Blood Pact draws two cards and drains an opponent for 2 life at instant speed — the entire transaction costs three mana and two of your own life. That's a clean rate for black, and the instant speed is what separates it from the bulk of the draw-two pile.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Toshiro Umezawa
Toshiro Umezawa triggers off opponents' creatures dying, letting you flash Blood Pact back from the graveyard — a combat step that kills something becomes two free cards and a drain.
Sheoldred, the Apocalypse
Every card Blood Pact draws triggers Sheoldred, the Apocalypse's life-gain clause, turning a three-mana cantrip into three to five life swung in your favor before the drain even counts.
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls
Valgavoth, Harrower of Souls rewards opponents losing life, and Blood Pact makes them lose 2 on the spot — that's a guaranteed trigger stapled to card draw.
The Lord of Pain
The Lord of Pain converts any damage dealt to opponents into symmetrical pain for everyone, and Blood Pact's 2-life drain feeds that engine while refilling your hand.
Tor Wauki the Younger
Tor Wauki the Younger deals damage whenever you cast or copy instants and sorceries, so Blood Pact pings a target in addition to draining — two damage sources from a single three-mana spell.
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 |
Commander is where Blood Pact earns its slot: instant-speed draw is scarce in black, the 2-life drain matters across a four-player table, and graveyard recursion strategies get repeated use out of a single copy. In Pauper it's a legitimate role-player in black control and life-drain shells that can't afford rarer draw options. Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have access to strictly more efficient draw spells, so Blood Pact doesn't compete at those tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Blood Pact is pure bulk — easy to pick up in any common lot or draft chaff box. Don't expect the price to move; it's a common with real Commander demand but enough printings to keep it firmly at the floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.