Bloodchief's Thirst
Sorcery
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, instead destroy target creature or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.42
- EDHREC rank
- #13878
Bloodchief's Thirst kills any creature or planeswalker for two mana — or any non-land permanent for four — making it one of black's cleanest catch-all answers at sorcery speed. The kicker cost is the only real ceiling; without it, Bloodchief's Thirst can't touch high-cost threats, which matters in Commander where the scariest permanents often cost five or more.
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 |
In Commander, Bloodchief's Thirst earns a slot because it handles both creatures and planeswalkers on a single card, keeping your removal suite tight. The sorcery speed and mana-value restriction mean it won't always answer the table's biggest threat, but the floor of two mana to kill a mana dork or low-cost utility creature is genuinely efficient by black's standards. In Modern and Pioneer, unconditional removal at one mana is the benchmark, and Bloodchief's Thirst falls short there — Fatal Push does the same job faster and at instant speed. Legacy and Vintage are similarly uninterested; the format speed makes sorcery-speed removal a liability. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in scope, so the same cost-efficiency argument applies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.42 bulk tier
At $0.42, Bloodchief's Thirst is firmly bulk — you're paying next to nothing for a genuinely playable removal spell. Bulk staples with steady Commander demand tend to hold value at this floor rather than sink lower, so there's no reason to hesitate picking up copies.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.