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Blessings are statistical bonuses granted to a randomly selected player on a team, with each team chosen by lottery. Blaseball participants may vote on any blessings for their team during the entirety of a season. At the end of each season (after the postseason games), the benefactor of each blessing is announced and awarded, in descending order of win percentage.

More participants voting on a particular blessing for their team means that their team is more likely, but not guaranteed, to be awarded said blessing. This dynamic was especially evident in Season 2, when the San Francisco Lovers were awarded with one blessing despite having approximately 0% of that blessing's vote.

History of Blessings

Blessings awarded to each team are recorded in the articles for each Season.

Known Blessings

Name	Effect	Season(s)
Team Boost	Your team goes to a team-building workshop. This will boost your team's stats overall by 6%.	1
Hitting Boost	Give your players cups of Yes Plz coffee. This will boost your team's hitting by 10%.	1
Pitching Boost	Your pitchers each grow an extra finger. This will boost your team's pitching by 10%.	1
Max Out Hitter	This will max out the hitting stats of a random hitter on your team.	1
Max Out Pitcher	This will max out the hitting stats of a random pitcher on your team.	1
Steal Best Hitter	This will steal the highest rated hitter in the league to your team.	1
Steal Best Pitcher	This will steal the highest rated pitcher in the league to your team.	1
Randomize Players	Your five worst players will be sent into deep hypnosis, randomizing their stats.	1
Performance Enhancing Demons	Mggoka match ng strike fm'latghor. Fm'latgh. +8% Team Overall	2, 3
Yes Plz!	Wake up your hitters with a cup of Yes Plz coffee. +10% Team Hitting	2
Pseudo-Thumbs	Pseudo-Thumbs burst from the skin on the opposite of your pitchers' hands. +10% Team Pitching	2, 3
Wind Sprints	Run. +15% Team Baserunning	2
The Rack	[cartilage and bone snapping] +15% Team Defense	2, 3
Seduction	Swing Away. The best hitter in the league joins your team.	2
Defection	It's business. The best pitcher in the league joins your team.	2
Bloodlust	URRRRRRGGHHHHHH. Maxes the stats of a random player on your team.	2, 3
Gunblade Bat	A random hitter on your team will gain the Gunblade Bat, maxing out their hitting stats.	2
Literal Arm Cannon	A random pitcher on your team will gain an arm cannon, maxing out their pitching stats.	2
Soul Swap	They won't stop screaming. Randomizes your team's 5 worst players.	2
Blood Sacrifice	Your team sacrifices a fan from the stands. The Gods show favor. Your team will win all tiebreakers.	2
Anticapitalism, Brought To You By Friends At The Table	Your team will become fully anticapitalist.	3
Rigour Mortis	Stiff Limbs. -10% team baserunning to your team's division opponents.	3
Evil Wind Sprints	The Wind can be Evil. Run. +15% Team Baserunning	3
Bloodlust	URRRRRRGGHHHHHH. Maxes the stats of a random player on your team.	3
Highway Robbery	The best player in the league joins your team.	3
Headhunter	The best hitter in your team's subleague (Good or Evil) joins your team.	3
Vulture	The best player in your team's division joins your team.	3
Pretty Plz?	Feed your hitters coffee grounds. Team hitting changes from -5% to +15%	3
Team-Building Exercise	Re-rolls your team's three worst players	3
Summoning Circle	Re-rolls your team's 3 worst hitters	3
Exploratory Surgeries	Re-rolls your team's worst 3 pitchers	3
Exile	Send your team's worst hitter to a random other team. Receive a random player back.	3
Go Away	Send your team's worst pitcher to a random team. Receive a random player back.	3

Mystery Blessings

After Season 1 blessings were awarded, the umpire ump_chaff announced two more blessings that "happened at the same time as the regular election but were not officially part of said election." The umpire then stated, "I've added these transactions to the site as public knowledge."

It is unclear if mystery blessings are a regular element of Blaseball; some participants have speculated that one partially-redacted rule in the Book of Blaseball might refer to these mystery blessings.

Name	Effect	Season(s)
Mystery Defection	[Player A] mysteriously defected to [Team B]. [Player B] swapped to [Team A]. There's still no clear answer for why this happened.	1
Mysterious Improvement	[Player] mysteriously improved to [number] stars after being traded from [Team A] to [Team B]. An investigation may be incoming.	1

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-After Season 1 blessings were awarded, the [[umpire]] ump_chaff announced two more blessings that "happened at the same time as the regular election but were not officially part of said election." The umpire then stated, "I've added these transactions to the site as public knowledge." It is unclear if mystery blessings are a regular element of Blaseball; some participants have speculated that one partially-redacted rule in the [[The Book of Blaseball|Book of Blaseball]] might refer to these mystery blessings.
+After Season 1 blessings were awarded, the [[umpire]] ump_chaff announced two more blessings that "happened at the same time as the regular election but were not officially part of said election." The umpire then stated, "I've added these transactions to the site as public knowledge."
+It is unclear if mystery blessings are a regular element of Blaseball; some participants have speculated that one partially-redacted rule in the [[The Book of Blaseball|Book of Blaseball]] might refer to these mystery blessings.
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