Bloodcurdler
Creature — Horror
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, mill a card.
Threshold — As long as there are seven or more cards in your graveyard, this creature gets +1/+1 and has "At the beginning of your end step, exile two cards from your graveyard."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #26199
Bloodcurdler puts a flying, lifelink body on the board that generates a Blood token on attack — card filtering and pressure in one two-mana package. The rate is real for aggressive black strategies, and the built-in filtering means Bloodcurdler pulls its weight even when the board stalls.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bloodcurdler fits cleanly into sacrifice and aristocrats shells that want cheap, recurring fodder with upside — the Blood token feeds looters, discard synergies, or sacrifice outlets without any extra investment. Legacy and Vintage can access it legally, but two-mana 2/1s with conditional filtering don't make the cut in formats that demand immediate, game-warping impact. Bloodcurdler is effectively a Commander card: the 100-card singleton environment rewards incremental value engines that would be too slow anywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Bloodcurdler is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk rares with niche appeal rarely climb unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open, so treat it as a cheap include rather than a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.