Mox Toolbox
Commanders
Collection
Decks
Membership
Sign in
Sanguine Bond
Enchantment
Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
Mana cost
3
B
B
Mana value
5
Printings
From
$5.11
EDHREC rank
#505
Buy
Formats
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Rulings
1 Oct 2009
Sanguine Bond's ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it's 1 life from Soul Warden or 8 life from Tendrils of Corruption.
19 Mar 2021
If an ability triggers whenever an opponent loses life and causes you to gain life, such as the ability of Exquisite Blood, this will loop until either you win the game or a player takes an action to break the loop. If neither of these happen, the game ends in a draw.
19 Mar 2021
If you gain an amount of life "for each" of something, that life is gained as one event and Sanguine Bond's ability triggers only once.
1 Sept 2023
Each creature with lifelink dealing combat damage causes a separate life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, Sanguine Bond's ability will trigger twice and you may choose a different opponent for each trigger. However, if a single creature you control with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, planeswalkers, and/or battles at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
12 Apr 2024
In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won't cause Sanguine Bond's ability to trigger, even though it caused your team's life total to increase.

Similar cards

by what they do
Enduring Tenacity
Searing Meditation
Retreat to Hagra
Tinybones Joins Up
Jaws of Defeat
Parker Luck
Circle of Affliction
Smoldering Tar
Mox Toolbox is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
Card data and images from Scryfall. Prices are indicative and often out of date.
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Release notes
Contact
Scryfall
Fan Content Policy