Blood Aspirant
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Whenever you sacrifice a permanent, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
{1}{R}, {T}, Sacrifice a creature or enchantment: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this turn.
What it does
Tagged as Removal · Sac outlet · Sac payoff · +1/+1 counters — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.
Official rulings
- Blood Aspirant can be sacrificed to pay for the cost of its own last ability. (2020-01-24)
- If you sacrifice a permanent as part of casting a spell or activating an ability, Blood Aspirant's first ability will resolve before that spell or ability. (2020-01-24)
- Blood Aspirant's first ability is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to sacrifice a permanent whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of sacrificing permanents, such as its second ability. (2020-01-24)
- If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Blood Aspirant's last ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve. The creature can block as normal. If the target is legal but not dealt damage (most likely because of a prevention effect), it can't block this turn. (2020-01-24)
Printings & prices
Every set Blood Aspirant has been printed in, with the art, the finishes and the market price of each — the headline price above is the cheapest of these.
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