Sanguine Bond
Enchantment
Sanguine Bond
Enchantment
Card Text
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Card Details
- Mana Value
- 5
- Colors
- Black
- Color Identity
- Black
- EDHREC Rank
- #491
Format Legalities
Market Prices
Prices from TCGPlayer and Cardmarket
Price History (30d)
All Printings (72)
| Set | # | Rarity | Lang | Artist | Price | Foil |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) | #1799 | rare | en | Livia Prima | $19.55 | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | en | Harry Conway | $5.22 | $6.22 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | en | Joseph Meehan | $6.82 | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | en | Jaime Jones | $6.65 | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | en | Jaime Jones | $5.41 | $21.62 |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #107 | uncommon | en | Jaime Jones | $5.73 | $5.14 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | en | Jaime Jones | $7.43 | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | en | Jaime Jones | $4.56 | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | en | Jaime Jones | $5.77 | $8.98 |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | en | Jaime Jones | $4.78 | $13.78 |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | de | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | de | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | de | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | es | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | es | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | es | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | fr | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | fr | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | fr | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | it | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | it | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | it | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | ja | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | ja | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #107 | uncommon | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2013 (C13) | #92 | rare | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | ja | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | ko | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | pt | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) | #208 | rare | pt | Joseph Meehan | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2017 (C17) | #124 | rare | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | pt | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | ru | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales (WOT) | #35 | rare | zhs | Harry Conway | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Iconic Masters (IMA) | #107 | uncommon | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2010 (M10) | #111 | rare | zhs | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Commander 2021 (C21) | #153 | rare | zht | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) | #330 | special | zht | Jaime Jones | β | β |
| Magic 2014 (M14) | #112 | rare | zht | Jaime Jones | β | β |
Official Rulings (5)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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