Barbed Bloodletter

CommonColour IDMV 2

Artifact — Equipment

Flash

When this Equipment enters, attach it to target creature you control. That creature gains wither until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters.)

Equipped creature gets +1/+2.

Equip

Keywords

EquipFlash

Card capabilities

Artifact

Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.

Format legality

Primary formats

StandardLegal PioneerLegal ModernLegal

Eternal formats

LegacyLegal VintageLegal PauperLegal

Casual formats

CommanderLegal OathbreakerLegal BrawlLegal Standard BrawlLegal

Digital formats

HistoricLegal TimelessLegal AlchemyLegal GladiatorLegal Penny DreadfulLegal

Historical formats

PremodernNot legal Old SchoolNot legal PreDHNot legal Future StandardLegal Duel CommanderLegal

Other printings

This is the only English printing.

Rulings (1)

wotc17 Nov 2025

Wither applies to any damage dealt to creatures by the affected creature. This includes combat damage as well as anything that causes that creature to deal noncombat damage, such as the effect of Assert Perfection.

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