Card

Blood Clock

Mana cost {4}

Artifact

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.

Part of 2 known combos, one of them two-card. 3 official rulings.

Commander
Legal
Printing
Rare · SOK · #153
Cheapest printing
€0.86
EDHREC salt
0.57

Scryfall · EDHREC

Bracket

  • B1 Exhibition — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: The One Ring
  • B2 Core — Not in the same deck as its two-card combo partner: The One Ring
  • B3 Upgraded — Not in the same deck as its early two-card combo partner: The One Ring
  • B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
  • B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list

Why

  • Two-card combo with The One Ring (early with The One Ring)

How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket

Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags

Combos

2 known combos, one of them two-card.

Combos: Commander Spellbook

Rulings

  • 2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    A player with less than 2 life can’t pay 2 life and must return a permanent.
  • 2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    The choice of which permanent to return or whether to pay life is made as the triggered ability resolves.
  • 2005-06-01 · Wizards of the Coast
    A player who controls no permanents doesn’t need to pay 2 life (although that player can choose to do so).

Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast

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