Leech Collector // Bloodletting
Creature — Human Warlock // Sorcery
Whenever you gain life for the first time each turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #18880
Leech Collector // Bloodletting enters as a 2/2 that drains each opponent for 1 life while gaining you 1 — immediate, guaranteed value stapled to a body that can later flip into a sorcery dealing damage equal to life lost this turn. The front half is the reason to run it; Bloodletting is the upside in dedicated life-loss builds.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Leech Collector // Bloodletting is a low-investment drain piece for dedicated life-loss or aristocrats builds — it hits all three opponents on entry, which multiplies its value over the 1-on-1 formats considerably. In Standard, Modern, and Pioneer it's too slow and too low-impact; a 2/2 that drains 1 life doesn't compete with the threats available at two mana in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it for the same reason — the power ceiling on Bloodletting is real in theory but the setup cost is prohibitive in faster environments. Commander is the only format where Leech Collector // Bloodletting earns a slot, and only in shells built to abuse life-loss triggers.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Leech Collector // Bloodletting sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb — it's a narrow, build-around piece in a single format with no competitive demand pressuring the price upward. Pick it up freely; the financial downside is zero.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.