It blows my mind that Blade has been used in the MCU three times already before Mahershala Ali's live-action debut. Confirmed to be in the works as far back as 2019, Marvel Studios' Blade has ...

"Spur of a giant ant which has been fashioned into a rapier. The blade drips with scarlet rot. Scarlet rot is an old legend, of which Maleigh Marais of the Shaded Castle was a private believer.