Voldaren Epicure 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
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ",
, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Complete guide
Voldaren Epicure is a highly efficient one-mana creature that immediately impacts the board and your opponents' life totals. This Vampire provides immediate value by pinging every opponent and setting up your graveyard for future turns.
Immediate Impact
When Voldaren Epicure enters the battlefield, its triggered ability goes on the stack. Upon resolution, it deals 1 damage to each opponent and creates a Blood token. This Blood token is an artifact that can be sacrificed later for 1 generic mana and a discarded card to draw a new card, providing essential card filtering.
Blood Token Mechanics
The Blood token created is a specific artifact subtype. You can only sacrifice a specific Blood token to pay for one cost at a time. If you have an ability that triggers whenever you sacrifice a Blood token, it will trigger whether you used the token's own ability or sacrificed it to satisfy a different spell or ability's cost.
Strategic Utility
As a one-drop, it is an excellent way to enable 'spectacle' costs or to chip away at life totals in aggressive decks. The Blood token it leaves behind helps mitigate mana flood or mana screw by letting you discard unnecessary lands or high-cost cards in exchange for a fresh draw.
Interaction examples
Voldaren Epicure
Ragavan, Nimble PilfererOn turn one, you play Voldaren Epicure to deal 1 damage and create a Blood token. On turn two, you play Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. If Ragavan hits the opponent, you now have both a Treasure and a Blood token, giving you flexibility to either ramp into a bigger spell or filter your hand using the Blood token.
Ornithopter of ParadiseYou play Voldaren Epicure, dealing 1 damage and generating a Blood token. Next turn, you play Ornithopter of Paradise to ensure you have access to different colors of mana. If you draw a card you cannot cast, you can use the mana from Ornithopter of Paradise to activate the Blood token, discarding the dead card to draw something more useful.
In a Commander or multiplayer game, Voldaren Epicure deals 1 damage to every opponent simultaneously. This means in a four-player game, you deal a total of 3 damage for just one red mana, while still receiving your Blood token for future use.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Voldaren Epicure
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.
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- #2· Wizards of the Coast
You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.
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- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Worldfire + Vedalken Orrery + Voldaren Epicure
- 1Cast Voldaren Epicure by paying
. - 2When Voldaren Epicure enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying
, exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one. - 4Resolve the Voldran Epicure trigger from step 2, creating a Blood token and dealing one damage to each opponent.
- 5Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Worldfire + Tidal Barracuda + Voldaren Epicure
- 1Cast Voldaren Epicure by paying .
- 2When Voldaren Epicure enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying , exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 4Resolve the Voldran Epicure trigger from step 2, creating a Blood token and dealing one damage to each opponent.
- 5Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
Worldfire + Leyline of Anticipation + Voldaren Epicure
- 1Cast Voldaren Epicure by paying .
- 2When Voldaren Epicure enters the battlefield, it triggers.
- 3Holding priority, cast Worldfire by paying , exiling all permanents, all cards in all hands and graveyards, and setting each player's life total to one.
- 4Resolve the Voldran Epicure trigger from step 2, creating a Blood token and dealing one damage to each opponent.
- 5Each opponent loses the game due to having zero or less life.
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