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Blood Tribute

$4.61

Bloodletter of Aclazotz

$31.20

AI DraftFeb 26, 2026

Blood Tribute + Bloodletter of Aclazotz

Overview

When you cast Blood Tribute on your turn while you control Bloodletter of Aclazotz, Bloodletter’s replacement ability doubles the amount of life the opponent loses from Blood Tribute, and if Blood Tribute was kicked you gain life equal to that doubled life loss; the kicker is a cost you pay when casting the spell per and you may tap the Bloodletter to pay it per Ruling [2009-10-01].

Step 1

You announce casting Blood Tribute and choose any targets; if you intend to kick it, you pay the kicker cost (tap an untapped Vampire you control) as part of casting the spell per and Ruling [2009-10-01].

Step 2

Blood Tribute resolves. Its first effect instructs the targeted opponent to lose half their life, rounded up.

Step 3

Bloodletter of Aclazotz has a replacement effect that applies during your turn to any life-loss event and replaces the amount to be lost with twice that amount, so the half-life amount is doubled before the life-loss occurs per Ruling [2023-11-10].

Step 4

The opponent actually loses the doubled life amount (the replaced event happens).

Step 5

If you kicked Blood Tribute, the spell’s second clause causes you to gain life equal to the life lost by that opponent 'this way', i.e., equal to the doubled amount that actually occurred, consistent with how replacement effects change the final event as it happens per and .

Resolution

On your turn, cast Blood Tribute targeting an opponent. If you did not pay the kicker cost, the opponent loses half their life rounded up. If you paid the kicker cost (you tapped an untapped Vampire you control as a cost), the opponent loses twice that half-their-life amount because Bloodletter replaces the life-loss event with one that is twice as large, and you gain life equal to the actual life lost this way. This follows the cost rules for kicker , the fact you may tap a creature you just gained control of to pay the kicker cost per Ruling [2009-10-01], and Bloodletter’s doubling of life-loss (not damage) per Ruling [2023-11-10].

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