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Bitterblossom

Card Name

Bitterblossom

Mana Cost

1

Type

Kindred Enchantment – Faerie

Rarity

Rare

rules Text

At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a 1/1 black Faerie Rogue creature token with flying.

Flavor Text

In Lorwyn's brief evenings, the sun pauses at the horizon long enough for a certain species of violet to bloom with the fragrance of mischief.

Legal Formats

Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage

Not Legal Formats

Alchemy, Brawl, Explorer, Historic, Pauper, Pioneer, Standard

Rulings

(4/1/2008)
The effect is mandatory. You'll lose 1 life even if you have only 1 life left.
(4/1/2008)
The life loss isn't a payment. You'll get a token even if you had 0 life (and another effect is stopping you from losing the game).
(6/7/2024)
This cards was originally printed with the "tribal" card type. That card type has been replaced with "kindred". This change does not affect the gameplay function of this card.
(6/7/2024)
Kindred is a card type that allows noncreature cards to have creature types. For example, Echoes of Eternity is an Eldrazi (although not a creature) while on the battlefield and an Eldrazi card (although not a creature card) in zones other than the battlefield.
(6/7/2024)
While it appears only on cards that already have other card types, kindred is a card type and will be counted by effects that refer to the number of card types among cards in a zone.