Blood Rites
Enchantment
, Sacrifice a creature: This enchantment deals 2 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25922
Blood Rites converts a token army into a direct-damage engine, dealing 1 to any target for each creature you sacrifice — in token decks, that's a lethal number for five mana. The cost is real: five mana is a lot to ask before you start sacrificing, and the payoff requires board presence you may not always have.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blood Rites is a Commander card in practice — the five-mana sorcery speed asks for a token density that only multiplayer games and dedicated token commanders reliably supply. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, faster and more resilient finishers make it a non-starter; no competitive shell there wants to spend five mana on a sorcery that requires board presence to matter. Oathbreaker can support it in token-centric builds, but the 20-life total compresses the margin for a sorcery-speed payoff. Commander is where Blood Rites earns its slot: life totals are high enough that opponents feel a 10-to-20-damage salvo, and the singleton format's reliance on synergy packages rewards having a sacrifice outlet that doubles as a win condition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Blood Rites is deep bulk — a throw-in at any trade table or a near-zero addition to any order. Bulk rares with narrow applications tend to stay bulk, so there's no financial case to stock up; just grab one copy when you need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.