Blade of the Bloodchief Price
4 printings · 4 sets · first printed 2009
Blade of the Bloodchief has been printed 4 times across 4 sets, first in 2009 and most recently in 2026. Right now the cheapest printing is The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #300 at $6.46, while the most expensive is Zendikar #196 at $7.65. The median across 3 priced printings is $7.47. Reprint risk: HIGH RISK — Reprinted 4x, including dedicated reprint sets like The List, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander.
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Every Blade of the Bloodchief Printing, Compared
Cheapest first · unpriced last| Printing | Year | Price | Dealer Buys |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander #300 (R) Cheapest | 2023 | $6.46 | $3.20 |
| Commander 2017 #204 (R) | 2017 | $7.47 | $6.40 |
| Zendikar #196 (R) | 2009 | $7.65 | $5.00 |
| The List #C17-204 (R) | 2026 | — | — |
Prices are the latest nightly market price; a printing with no tracked price shows a dash. Dealer buylist is Card Kingdom's current offer via MTGJSON, shown where one exists.
Equip
Legality is a property of the card, not the printing, so it is identical for all 4 versions.
Official Judge Precedents
6 PrecedentsThe +1/+1 counters are put on the equipped creature, not Blade of the Bloodchief. If Blade of the Bloodchief is moved to a different creature, the +1/+1 counters will stay where they are.
The creature that gets the counters is the one that's equipped by Blade of the Bloodchief at the time the ability resolves. It doesn't matter what creature Blade of the Bloodchief was attached to (if any) when it triggered.
If the equipped creature itself is put into a graveyard, Blade of the Bloodchief's ability will trigger. However, it won't do anything when it resolves unless a spell or ability has caused it to become attached to another creature by that time. (Remember that you may activate an equip ability only as a sorcery.)
If the equipped creature and another creature are dealt lethal damage at the same time, the equipped creature will be put into a graveyard before it would receive any counters.
Blade of the Bloodchief's ability triggers regardless of who controlled the creature and whose graveyard it was put into.
If Blade of the Bloodchief leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the counters are put on the creature it was attached to at the time it left the battlefield. If it wasn't attached to a creature at that time, nothing gets the counters.