First printed in Bloomburrow (2024)
Artifact
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life., Pay 2 life, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw two cards. Activate only as a sorcery.
Blood and brine make a strong mortar.
- Illustrated by
- Adam Paquette
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders
Ruling (1)
- The beginning of combat step happens every turn, even if there are no creatures on the battlefield that could attack.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Premier Draft | 51.5% | -3.1 | -1.1 | 16718 |
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Sealed | 51.3% | -4.2 | -4.8 | 1235 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen