Song of Blood
Sorcery
Mill four cards. Whenever a creature attacks this turn, it gets +1/+0 until end of turn for each creature card put into your graveyard this way.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Visions
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #27093
Song of Blood pumps your whole attacking team by +1/+0 for each creature that attacked this turn — stack enough bodies and that's a lethal swing out of nowhere for one black mana. It's a combat trick that scales with wide boards, and at instant speed it earns its slot in any token or go-wide black strategy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Song of Blood is a bulk common, so its competitive homes are Pauper and Commander rather than eternal formats. In Pauper, aggressive black strategies can use it as a finisher in wide creature builds, though the effect is narrow enough that it rarely makes the cut over removal or evasion. In Commander, Song of Blood fits go-wide black commanders who can swing out with a full board and need one mana to close — the scaling is real when you're attacking with eight or more tokens. Legacy and Vintage are legal but effectively irrelevant; the card doesn't approach the power threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Song of Blood is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. Budget-conscious Commander players can slot it in freely without hesitation, and it's unlikely to move off bulk pricing given how format-specific its use case is.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.