Blood Host — ruling 1

If Blood Host isn’t on the battlefield when its ability resolves, you won’t put a +1/+1 counter on it but you’ll still gain 2 life.

Blood Host : règles, fonctionnement et interactions (MTG)

Blood Host is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.

Official card text

, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 2 life.

How it works : Blood Host

Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall

#1July 18, 2014· Wizards of the Coast
If Blood Host isn’t on the battlefield when its ability resolves, you won’t put a +1/+1 counter on it but you’ll still gain 2 life.
No other card is named in this ruling.