First printed in Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (2020)
Creature — Leech
Flash
When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-2 until end of turn. Remove all counters from that creature.
"Fools wear armor against it as if the worst it could take is your blood."
—Gavi, nest warden
5/2
- Illustrated by
- Nicholas Gregory
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Penny Dreadful, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Standard, Future Standard, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Standard Brawl
Ruling (1)
- Blitz Leech’s ability removes all counters from the target creature before state-based actions are checked to see if that creature should die. For example, a 2/2 creature with a flying counter on it will lose that counter while it’s a 0/0 creature before it dies.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).