The Battlefield

Blood Artist

$1.55

Nest of Scarabs

$10.34

Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

$34.66

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Blood Artist + Nest of Scarabs + Yawgmoth, Thran Physician

Overview

When you activate Yawgmoth, Thran Physician’s first ability you pay 1 life and sacrifice another creature as an activation cost . The sacrificed creature’s death will cause Blood Artist to trigger for that death [Ruling 2016-06-08]. When Yawgmoth’s ability later resolves it puts -1/-1 counters on the chosen target; putting those counters triggers Nest of Scarabs to create that many 1/1 Insect tokens (even if the counters reduce toughness below 0) [Ruling 2017-04-18]. If those counters cause a creature to have toughness 0 or less, it is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action , which will cause Blood Artist to trigger for that death as well [Ruling 2016-06-08]. All triggered abilities are placed on the stack and resolve in the usual order .

Step 1

You activate Yawgmoth’s ability and pay its activation costs, which include paying 1 life and sacrificing another creature; costs are paid at activation time .

Step 2

The sacrificed creature is put into its owner's graveyard as a result of the cost; that creature’s death causes Blood Artist to trigger (Blood Artist triggers once per creature that dies) [Ruling 2016-06-08].

Step 3

The activated ability is now on the stack. Later, when that activated ability resolves, you put the specified -1/-1 counter(s) on the chosen target creature and draw a card (if the target was legal when it resolved) [Ruling 2021-03-19].

Step 4

Putting those -1/-1 counter(s) on a creature is the event that triggers Nest of Scarabs; Nest’s triggered ability will create that many 1/1 Insect tokens (and per ruling, you create all that many even if counters reduce toughness below 0) [Ruling 2017-04-18].

Step 5

If placing the -1/-1 counter(s) causes the creature’s toughness to be 0 or less, a state-based action puts that creature into its owner’s graveyard ; that death causes Blood Artist to trigger again for that creature’s death [Ruling 2016-06-08].

Step 6

All triggered abilities generated (the Blood Artist triggers and Nest’s trigger) are placed on the stack according to normal triggered-ability timing and ordering and resolve in that order .

Step 7

When each Blood Artist trigger resolves, its controller chooses a target player, that player loses 1 life, and you gain 1 life; multiple triggers resolve separately (once per trigger) and each causes life loss and life gain events that are recognized by the game [Ruling 2016-06-08].

Resolution

Activating Yawgmoth’s ability: you pay 1 life and sacrifice a creature as a cost ; that sacrifice-caused death will trigger Blood Artist [Ruling 2016-06-08]. When the activated ability later resolves you put the chosen -1/-1 counter(s) on the target and draw a card; the putting of counters triggers Nest of Scarabs to create that many 1/1 Insect tokens (even if the counters reduce toughness below 0) [Ruling 2017-04-18]. If placing those counters makes a creature’s toughness 0 or less, it is put into its owner’s graveyard as a state-based action and Blood Artist will trigger for that death too [Ruling 2016-06-08]. Trigger ordering follows normal triggered-ability handling .

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