Takenuma Bleeder
Creature — Ogre Shaman
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, you lose 1 life if you don't control a Demon.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29840
Takenuma Bleeder drains each opponent for 1 life at the start of your combat whenever you control a Demon or Rat — in the right shell, that's 3 life per turn off a single three-mana creature before you've even swung. The cost is that outside Demon and Rat tribal, it's a vanilla 3/2 for three with no text.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Takenuma Bleeder belongs in Demon or Rat tribal builds where the drain trigger fires every combat for immediate, passive pressure against all three opponents. Pauper is its other real home — life drain at common rarity on a three-mana body is exactly the kind of incremental advantage black aggro wants, and the creature type density to turn it on is achievable. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply too slow and too conditional; those formats don't care about a 3/2 that drains for one. Modern and Pioneer offer more competitive Rat packages, but even there the payoff is modest enough that stronger tribal payoffs push Takenuma Bleeder out of most lists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Takenuma Bleeder is pure bulk — pick it up in a sleeve from any common box without a second thought. Bulk commons at this price point don't move unless they spike in a popular format, and nothing about its text suggests that's coming.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.