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Bloodshot Cyclops

Creature — Cyclops Giant

{T}, Sacrifice a creature: This creature deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Seventh Edition
Price
$0.51
EDHREC rank
#16866
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Bloodshot Cyclops card art
Bloodshot Cyclops turns any large creature into a repeatable direct-damage outlet — tap it, fling a creature with power X, deal X to any target, no sacrifice required. The cost is four mana for a 4/4 with no other text, which makes it a luxury piece in anything other than Brion Stoutarm or Adarkar Valkyrie combo shells where the ability is the whole point.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Brion Stoutarm

Brion Stoutarm

15.3% of decks · synergy 0.15

Brion Stoutarm already wants to fling creatures for damage and life gain, so Bloodshot Cyclops slots in as a second, non-sacrificing copy of that ability — running both means redundancy that's genuinely hard for opponents to hate out with a single removal spell.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Bloodshot Cyclops is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but only Commander gives it a real home. In Legacy and Vintage, four mana for a tap ability on a vanilla-statted body competes with formats that end the game before you untap. Modern is theoretically legal but practically irrelevant — no competitive shell wants this. Commander is where the card breathes: multiplayer means more creatures to fling, life totals are high enough that building to a damage combo actually matters, and the absence of a sacrifice cost separates Bloodshot Cyclops from most similar effects.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.51 bulk tier

At $0.51, Bloodshot Cyclops sits firmly in bulk territory — pick it up without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow combo applications rarely climb unless a new commander breaks them wide open, so don't expect price movement, but at this cost the question was never whether to buy it.

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