Blood Oath

Instant

Choose a card type. Target opponent reveals his or her hand. Blood Oath deals 3 damage to that player for each card of the chosen type revealed this way. (The card types are artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, land, planeswalker, sorcery, and tribal.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (11)

SufferFromEDHD on Fuel to the Fire

2 months ago

We have a similar build. Just gonna spitball some of my favorite jank:

Blood Oath has been my super secret tech for Torbran. Revealing hand is not a {R} effect and every EDH deck is heavy in one card type. I have pulled surprise wins after Creeping Renaissance and Sunder, for example. Quite sneaky.

Molten Influence niche counterspell

Fireblast/Mine Collapse free!

SufferFromEDHD on Torbran - BURN THEM ALL!!!

1 year ago

Blazing Salvo, Breaking Point and Molten Influence get a nice boost.

Cave-In > Volcanic Fallout

Blood Oath same set but janky enough to work.

TheoryCrafter on Weakest Mono Color

3 years ago

While few and far between, Red dealing with enchantments seem more concerned about punishing the controller/owner than removal. In addition to Dockside Extortionist, this includes Aura Barbs, Blood Oath, Enchanter's Bane and Starfall.

Neotrup on How much extra damage does …

4 years ago

Keqing420: There are actually 13 card types, only 8 of which can appear in the hand. However, for Blood Oath you choose a card type, and deal damage based on how many cards of that type are in the target's hand. If an opponent has an 18 card hand that's all land, you could deal 54 damage (56 with Torbran) to them.

Keqing420 on How much extra damage does …

4 years ago

FSims81: the damage from Blood Oath could go as high as 21 just by itself. there are 7 different card types.

FSims81 on How much extra damage does …

4 years ago

Blood Oath will deal 0, 3, 6, or 9 damage depending on the hand reveal. Once the determination on how much damage from the Blood Oath has occurred, then Torbran's +2 will be added so you will deal 5, 8, or 11 damage from that one source.

CamraMaan on How much extra damage does …

4 years ago

Does Torbran, Thane of Red Fell only add +2 damage for the Blood Oath spell, or +2 for each card of the chosen type my opponent is holding?

Nerdthe5th on Rakdos, Lord of Riots Semi-Budget

7 years ago

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