Bloodhusk Ritualist
Creature — Vampire Shaman
Multikicker (You may pay an additional
any number of times as you cast this spell.)
When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card for each time it was kicked.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17243
Bloodhusk Ritualist forces targeted discard scaled to how much black mana you sink into its multikicker — hit it for four or five and you can strip an opponent's hand clean. The catch is that all that mana goes into a vanilla 2/2 that dies to a stiff breeze, making it one of the most mana-inefficient discard engines available.
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 |
In Commander, Bloodhusk Ritualist finds its best home under discard-matters generals like Tinybones, Trinket Thief or The Rack-style grind builds where emptying one opponent's hand is a repeatable game plan — but even there, the sorcery-speed telegraphing and fragile body make it a fringe inclusion at best. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient discard like Hymn to Tourach and Thoughtseize, so Bloodhusk Ritualist never sees competitive play in those formats. Modern is legal but irrelevant — the format's discard suite leaves no room for a six-plus-mana creature that does what one-mana spells already do better. Oathbreaker could theoretically exploit it in a black discard shell, but the same criticisms apply.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Bloodhusk Ritualist is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd bother ordering it. That price is stable for the same reason it's cheap: demand is low and likely stays that way unless a Commander precon puts discard-matters back on the map.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.