Stensia Bloodhall
Land
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, : This land deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #13209
Stensia Bloodhall gives Rakdos decks a repeatable, uncounterable ping — pay four mana to deal 2 damage to any player on your turn, no creatures required. The activation cost is real, but in a dedicated life-drain shell like Kardur, Doomscourge, it closes out damaged opponents without ever entering combat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge forces goad-fueled combat every turn, and Stensia Bloodhall mops up the survivors — opponents who survive the brawl take a direct two-damage tap to the face with no interaction window.
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 |
Stensia Bloodhall is a Commander card through and through — the repeated activation cost only makes sense when games go long enough to use it four or five times. In Legacy and Vintage it's strictly unplayable; any deck that can afford four mana on a land activation can afford actual threats. Commander is where it earns its slot, specifically in Rakdos life-drain or goad strategies that plan to ping opponents down over many turns rather than attack through a board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Stensia Bloodhall is pure bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk utility lands at this price point rarely move meaningfully, so there's no acquisition urgency either way.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.