Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter

{4}{W}{B}{B}Legendary Creature — Vampire5/5

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Flying, lifelink

Sacrifice a creature: Put X +1/+1 counters on Vish Kal, where X is the sacrificed creature's power.

Remove all +1/+1 counters from Vish Kal: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each +1/+1 counter removed this way.

What it does

Tagged as Removal · Sac outlet · +1/+1 counters · Lifegain — the jobs the deck report counts it toward.

Get it in a precon

One preconstructed deck includes this card.

Keyword reminders

Flying. This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach. · CR 702.9 Read more →
Lifelink. Damage dealt by this also causes its controller to gain that much life. · CR 702.15 Read more →

Official rulings

  1. Use the sacrificed creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how many +1/+1 counters to put on Vish Kal. (2020-08-07)
  2. Vish Kal's last ability doesn't deal damage. It doesn't cause you to gain any life from its lifelink ability. (2020-08-07)

Printings & prices

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