Blood Clock
Mana cost
Mana value4TypeArtifact
Color identity
Colorless
RarityRare
SetSaviors of Kamigawa (SOK)
ArtistKeith Garletts
Price€0.77 · foil €5.03 · $2.06
Blood Clock 
Artifact
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player returns a permanent they control to its owner's hand unless they pay 2 life.
In an age of war, time is measured not by sand but by blood.
Legality
CommanderLegalStandardNot legalPioneerNot legalModernLegalLegacyLegalVintageLegalPauperNot legalBrawlNot legalOathbreakerLegalHistoricNot legalTimelessNot legalPenny DreadfulLegal
Rulings
2005-06-01
A player with less than 2 life can’t pay 2 life and must return a permanent.
2005-06-01
A player who controls no permanents doesn’t need to pay 2 life (although that player can choose to do so).
2005-06-01
The choice of which permanent to return or whether to pay life is made as the triggered ability resolves.

