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    Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving

    Creature — Vampire Warlock // Instant

    Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving

    Illustrated by Cynthia Sheppard

    EDHREC Rank #10,918
    At the beginning of each end step, if three or more creatures died this turn, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.) // Target player draws three cards and loses 3 life.

    Rulings (15)

    If an effect causes a creature to become unprepared, a prepared creature stops being prepared and the associated copy of its prepare spell in exile ceases to exist. If it wasn't prepared at that time, nothing happens.

    Aug 21, 2026

    Being prepared isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a prepared creature, it won't be prepared. That permanent will have the alternative characteristics, though, and some other effect could cause it to become prepared later.

    Aug 21, 2026

    Casting a copy of a prepare spell from exile isn't casting it for an alternative cost. Effects that allow you to cast a spell for an alternative cost or without paying its mana cost may allow you to apply those to a copy of a prepare spell cast from exile.

    Aug 21, 2026

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    Commander

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    Prints (4)

    Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving — Reality Fracture
    FRA#49$3.07
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    Bloodline Recollector // Ancestral Craving — Reality Fracture
    FRA#402—
    Reality Fracture
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