Viewing offers in Near Mint condition
Sanguine Bond
Oracle Text
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Sanguine Bond is a quintessential black enchantment for life-drain strategies, turning every point of life you gain into a direct assault on an opponent’s life total. In Commander especially, it shines in control or combo shells that can repeatedly trigger life gain, letting you stabilize the board while steadily closing the game from an unexpected angle. Its best use is with cards that gain life in chunks or in loops, such as Exquisite Blood-style interactions, extort effects, big lifelink attackers, or lifegain engines like Vampire Nighthawk and Well of Lost Dreams support packages. Because it only targets one opponent each trigger, it is strongest when you can generate multiple life-gain events or amplify them dramatically rather than relying on small incidental gains. The card’s flavor feels like a dark pact: your vitality is not merely preserved, but weaponized, making Sanguine Bond a powerful finisher for decks that want inevitability over speed.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini
Buy from sellers
Peer-to-peer marketplace offers
Have a copy to sell?
List it in under a minute and reach buyers already browsing this page.
List Sanguine Bond
Set your condition, quantity, and price. Your listing appears in the offers table above as soon as you publish it.
- No listing fees — CardFlippr takes a small cut only when your card sells.
- Buyers message you directly through CardFlippr to arrange payment and shipping.
- Pricing is suggested from the last 30 days of market activity, but you're always in control.
Public Decks Using This Card
No public decks are currently using this card.
Character Background
Sanguine Bond is a quintessential black enchantment for life-drain strategies, turning every point of life you gain into a direct assault on an opponent’s life total. In Commander especially, it shines in control or combo shells that can repeatedly trigger life gain, letting you stabilize the board while steadily closing the game from an unexpected angle. Its best use is with cards that gain life in chunks or in loops, such as Exquisite Blood-style interactions, extort effects, big lifelink attackers, or lifegain engines like Vampire Nighthawk and Well of Lost Dreams support packages. Because it only targets one opponent each trigger, it is strongest when you can generate multiple life-gain events or amplify them dramatically rather than relying on small incidental gains. The card’s flavor feels like a dark pact: your vitality is not merely preserved, but weaponized, making Sanguine Bond a powerful finisher for decks that want inevitability over speed.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-09-14 06:10:44 UTC