Arrogant Vampire
Creature — Vampire
Flying
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #29659
Arrogant Vampire enters as a 4/3 flying lifelink for five mana — a solid stat line that pulls double duty as an evasive threat and a life buffer. The cost is real: five mana is crowded territory in Commander, and this slot competes against creatures that also generate card advantage or close games faster.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Arrogant Vampire is a role-player rather than a headliner — it slots cleanly into vampire tribal lists that want bodies in the air and incidental lifegain, but it won't make a generic goodstuff deck. Legacy and Vintage are formats where five-mana creatures without an immediate board impact or combo function simply don't see play, and Arrogant Vampire offers nothing to change that calculus. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where it's legal, and the same tribal logic applies: pair it with a vampire planeswalker and it earns its slot, otherwise pass.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Arrogant Vampire is deep bulk — the price of a cheap inclusion with zero financial risk. Bulk rares and uncommons at this tier rarely move unless a new tribal lord or combo partner pushes demand, so treat it as a free pickup for your vampire pile rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.