Card
Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Mana cost {4}{W}{B}{B}
Legendary Creature — Vampire 5/5
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.
Part of 93 known combos, 2 of them two-card. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Rare · 2XM · #226
- Cheapest printing
- €0.46
- EDHREC salt
- 0.43
- Color identity
- Black, White
- Keywords
- Flying, Lifelink
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Crackdown Construct
- B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partners: Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Crackdown Construct
- B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: Crackdown Construct
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- Two-card combo with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Crackdown Construct (early with Crackdown Construct)
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
93 known combos, 2 of them two-card.
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter + Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
Produces: Destroy any number of creatures, Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook - Crackdown Construct + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Produces: Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature, Infinitely large creature until end of turn
View on Commander Spellbook - Animation Module + Pitiless Plunderer + Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter
Produces: Destroy all creatures opponents control, Infinite artifact ETB, Infinite artifact LTB
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2020-08-07 · Wizards of the Coast
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 · Wizards of the Coast
Vish Kal's last ability doesn't deal damage. It doesn't cause you to gain any life from its lifelink ability.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast