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Sanguine Savior

Creature — Vampire Cleric1 generic manaWhite manaBlack mana

Disguise cards live and die by the moment you flip them, and this one folds a reward directly into that flip: unmorphing does not just present a flier, it hands lifelink to something else you already control. Face down, it presents as a nondescript body with ward, giving away nothing about which of your creatures is about to start draining. The face-up mode is the payoff, and the flexible White or Black mana pips mean the reveal cost never strands you whether your board tilts heavier white or heavier black. What makes the design tick is that the lifelink grant targets another creature, not itself; the natural line is to sit face down, wait for an attack step where a bigger body swings, and flip in response so combat lands as a life swing you were not signaling. That turns a modest two-power flier into a combat-math trap, using disguise's inherent ambiguity (any face-down creature could be anything) as cover for a lifegain trick rather than a removal-dodge. It is a compact expression of the Orzhov idea that attrition and life total are the same resource, packaged so the tempo of when you spend mana is itself part of the bluff.

Sanguine Savior (mkm)
MKM · #230common
Pricing
Normal: $0.18
Foil: $0.11
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying, lifelink Disguise White or Black manaWhite or Black mana (You may cast this card face down for 3 generic mana as a 2/2 creature with ward 2 generic mana. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.) When this creature is turned face up, another target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
Legal
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