Creature - Thrull 1/1, B (1) Sacrifice Blood Pet: Add {B} to your mana pool.1 "You are wrong, " Volrath said. "I do not hate the living. They often prove quite useful to me." And then he laughed.
Illus. Brom
You can sacrifice it for mana between when damage is assigned in combat and when the damage is dealt. If you do so, any damage that would be dealt to it never becomes dealt. This stops side-effects of the damage since the damage is never dealt to the Blood Pet. But, you do have the one black mana to deal with. [D'Angelo 1999/05/01]