Bloodletter Quill
Artifact
, 
, Put a blood counter on this artifact: Draw a card, then you lose 1 life for each blood counter on this artifact.
: Remove a blood counter from this artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #28792
Bloodletter Quill draws you a card every turn and drains an opponent for each card drawn — for three mana, that's a lot of sustained value stapled to a single artifact. The catch is the life payment: one life per card in hand at your draw step, which gets punishing fast in draw-heavy decks.
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 |
Commander is where Bloodletter Quill earns its slot — 100-card decks dilute consistency, so a permanent that refills your hand every turn while pressuring life totals pulls real weight. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a symmetry-free draw engine with no immediate board impact is too slow against the format's tempo demands. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace, so the Quill is serviceable there, though the smaller deck size makes it less essential.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Bloodletter Quill is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that would cost several dollars if it had a higher profile. Bulk rares at this price level rarely spike unless a commander archetype pulls them into demand, so pick it up now if you need it and don't expect much movement either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.