GDS3 Discussions: Jay Treat's Challenge 3 Submission

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CONTESTANT COMMENTS

Jund fans, with our return to Alara, please savor bloodspill.

Cylian Physician – Bloodspill comes in three forms. First is this conditional: Attacking with a 1/1 and a 2/1 will do the trick.

Share Pain – Second form. Warriors like you don't begrudge the cost of doing business. When your enemy is too cowardly to defend themselves? Gravy.

Put those forms together to finally see the most representative use of bloodspill: Bloodthorn Acolyte.

Bloodthorn Acolyte – Acolyte rewards you for dealing damage to your opponent, but you can also choose to pay 3 life to enable it yourself. Jundians are happy to contribute their own blood to the gruesome cause.

Jund Vengeant – I'd pay 3 life to surprise an attacking 2/3. If they're too big to ambush, use the damage they deal to fuel the swing back.

Goring Taurean – It's unfortunate that double strike doesn't help after regular damage, but it's easy to arm Taurean before damage thanks to bloodspill.

Field of Gore – Field turns on your Taureans and Acolytes with a single payment. Unlike shock lands, it's also possible to use it immediately at no cost as long as you can make an opponent bleed—something I suspect you enjoy anyhow.

Blood Will Flow – Here's the third form of bloodspill. This Killing Wave will do a lot of work in your bloodspill deck, exsanguinating your opponent or their creatures and turning on bloodspill. If only you could benefit from spilling blood multiple times in a turn . . .

Insatiable Kresh – Bolas's villainous influence has twisted Kresh from a metaphorical Sanguinarian to a literal one.

Bloodspill engages both players in a heart-pumping struggle for life.

1) Cylian Physician (common)
1B
Creature — Vampire Cleric
2/1
When Cylian Physician enters the battlefield, if you spilled blood this turn, gain 3 life. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life.)

2) Share Pain (common)
2B
Instant
You may spill your own blood. (To spill your own blood, lose 3 life.)
Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the most life any player lost this turn.

3) Bloodthorn Acolyte (common)
1R
Creature — Goblin Barbarian
2/1
Bloodthorn Acolyte enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it if you spilled blood this turn or spill your own blood. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life. To spill your own blood, lose 3 life.)

4) Jund Vengeant (uncommon)
2G
Creature — Human Warrior
3/3
You may cast this spell as though it had flash if you spilled blood this turn or spill your own blood. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life. To spill your own blood, lose 3 life.)

5) Goring Taurean (uncommon)
2R
Creature — Minotaur Berserker
2/1
Goring Taurean has double strike as long as you spilled blood this turn. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life.)

6) Field of Gore (rare)
Land
Field of Gore enters the battlefield tapped unless you spilled blood this turn or spill your own blood. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life. To spill your own blood, lose 3 life.)
T: Add B, R, or G.

7) Blood Will Flow (rare)
1BB
Sorcery
For each creature, spill its controller's blood unless they sacrifice it. (A player loses 3 life when their blood is spilled.)

8) Insatiable Kresh (mythic rare)
1BRG
Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior
1/1
When Insatiable Kresh enters the battlefield, spill each opponent's blood. (A player loses 3 life whenever their blood is spilled.)
Whenever you spill blood, put that many +1/+1 counters on Insatiable Kresh. (You spill blood whenever a player loses 3 or more life, and get 3+ counters as a result.)