Name
Sanguine Bond

Mana Cost

Type
Enchantment

Set
Time Spiral Remastered

Rarity
Special

Text

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.


Flavor Text

"Blood is constant. Every drop I drink, someone must bleed."
—Vradeen, vampire nocturnus


Number
#330

Other Prints
Commander 2013
Commander 2017
Commander 2021
Iconic Masters
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
Magic 2010
Magic 2014
Secret Lair Drop
Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales

Legal Formats
Brawl | Commander | Duel | Gladiator | Historic | Legacy | Modern | Oathbreaker | Penny | Pioneer | Timeless | Vintage

Availability
Magic Online | Paper

Rulings

(19/03/2021)
If an ability triggers whenever an opponent loses life and causes you to gain life, such as the ability of Exquisite Blood, this will loop until either you win the game or a player takes an action to break the loop. If neither of these happen, the game ends in a draw.


(12/04/2024)
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Sanguine Bond's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.


(01/10/2009)
Sanguine Bond's ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Soul Warden or 8 life from Tendrils of Corruption.


(19/03/2021)
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Sanguine Bond's ability triggers only once.


(01/09/2023)
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Sanguine Bond's ability will trigger twice and you may choose a different opponent for each trigger. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.


Artist
Jaime Jones

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