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Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Creature — Vampire Demon

Flying
If an opponent would lose life during your turn, they lose twice that much life instead. (Damage causes loss of life.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{1}{B}{B}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
mythic
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price
$34.39
EDHREC rank
#821
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Bloodletter of Aclazotz card art
Bloodletter of Aclazotz doubles all life loss opponents suffer on your turn — not damage, life loss — which turns any drain effect into a two-for-one and makes something like Peer into the Abyss a one-shot kill at any life total above zero. Be'lakor, the Dark Master running this card is the canonical example: everything Be'lakor does to your opponents' life totals hits twice as hard the moment Bloodletter resolves.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Be'lakor, the Dark Master

Be'lakor, the Dark Master

51.4% of decks · synergy 0.48

Be'lakor, the Dark Master is the most popular home for Bloodletter of Aclazotz because Be'lakor drains life on every Demon entering the battlefield, and Bloodletter turns each of those triggers into doubled loss — a board full of Demons can close a game from a comfortable life total in a single trigger chain.

02
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.39

Aphelia, Viper Whisperer cares about opponents losing life through poison and drain effects, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz slots in as a force multiplier that makes every life-loss trigger Aphelia generates hit for twice the value.

03
Ardyn, the Usurper

Ardyn, the Usurper

46.8% of decks · synergy 0.36

Ardyn, the Usurper builds around making opponents lose life repeatedly, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz is the obvious doubler — whatever Ardyn's engine is draining per turn, Bloodletter makes it lethal twice as fast.

04
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

45.4% of decks · synergy 0.35

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose converts your lifegain into opponent life loss, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz sitting alongside Vito means every point of life you gain on your turn translates to two points of loss — a single large lifegain trigger can end the game on the spot.

05
Betor, Kin to All

Betor, Kin to All

36.4% of decks · synergy 0.34

Betor, Kin to All shares life totals and effects across multiple players, and Bloodletter of Aclazotz doubles the life loss those effects generate, letting Betor's symmetry-breaking toolkit close tables faster than the raw numbers on the cards would suggest.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Bloodletter of Aclazotz does its best work — 40 life totals mean opponents feel safe, and the doubling effect punishes that complacency brutally, especially in four-player pods where a single drain loop can threaten the whole table on one turn. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer it's legal but rarely played, since five mana for a 3/4 flyer with a conditional doubling effect competes poorly against the format's speed and the availability of cheaper life-loss payoffs. Legacy and Vintage have access to more degenerate lines that make Bloodletter redundant, and Standard's creature density makes it a fringe threat at best.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

9,780 decks
Bloodletter of AclazotzBlood Tribute

Bloodletter of AclazotzBlood Tribute

Infinite lifeloss for target opponent; Near-infinite lifegain; Target opponent loses the game

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Wound Reflection is the closest functional replacement — it's a six-mana enchantment rather than a creature, which makes it harder to remove with creature removal but costs less than half the price and does the same doubling work. If you want a body, Archfiend of Despair fills a similar role for less money but costs twice as much mana, so Bloodletter of Aclazotz remains the best rate on the effect if the budget is available.

Price Context

Current price

$34.39 premium tier

At $34.39, Bloodletter of Aclazotz sits in premium territory — justified by genuine tournament-level synergy potential and very high Commander inclusion across multiple archetypes. It's a card that holds value as long as life-loss strategies remain popular, but it's not a card to buy speculatively; buy it when you're building the deck.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.