Alms of the Vein

set	min	mtgo
-	1.96	0.03 tix

Spoilers Random card

Name	Alms of the Vein
Type	Sorcery
Description	Target opponent loses 3 life and you gain 3 life. Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
Artist	David Gaillet
Set	Shadows over Innistrad Remastered #98
Wallpaper	download
Image	download

⚠️

Tierlist

No Rank

Grade it yourself

Meta types

Legality between formats

Table of contents

About Alms of the Vein

Alms of the Vein, Sorcery, designed by David Gaillet first released in May, 2020 in the set Shadows over Innistrad and was printed exactly in 2 different ways. It see play in 3 formats: Pauper, Casual and Alchemy. It's currently being selled by the minimum price of 1.96.

This card, Alms of the Vein, would be beneficial in a deck that focuses on draining the opponent's life total while gaining life to sustain itself. Decks that revolve around the themes of lifegain and disruption would find this card useful, especially in a format where aggressive strategies are prevalent. However, there are potentially better options available such as Lightning Helix or Collective Brutality, which offer similar effects with added versatility. Whether Alms of the Vein should see play would depend on the specific strategy and synergy of the deck it is included in, as well as the overall metagame.

Top 8 decks with Alms of the Vein

Format

Meta Decks

% total

Average per deck

Casual

14.3

1.0

Alchemy

50.0

4.0

Rules

04/08/16

Cards are discarded in a Magic game only from a player’s hand. Effects that put cards from a player’s library into that player’s graveyard do not cause those cards to be discarded.

04/08/16

Casting a spell for its madness cost doesn’t change its mana cost or its converted mana cost. You just pay the madness cost instead.

04/08/16

If you choose not to cast a card with madness when the madness triggered ability resolves, it’s put into your graveyard. You don’t get another chance to cast it later.

04/08/16

If you discard a card with madness while resolving a spell or ability, it moves immediately to exile. Continue resolving that spell or ability—the card is not in your graveyard at this time. Its madness trigger will be placed onto the stack once that spell or ability has completely resolved.

04/08/16

Madness works independently of why you’re discarding the card. You could discard it to pay a cost, because a spell or ability tells you to, or even because you have too many cards in your hand at the end of your turn. You can’t discard a card with madness just because you want to, though.

Where to buy