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Bartolomé del Presidio

Legendary Creature — Vampire Knight

Sacrifice another creature or artifact: Put a +1/+1 counter on Bartolomé del Presidio.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#1673
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Bartolomé del Presidio card art
Bartolomé del Presidio turns any sacrifice outlet into a +1/+1 counter engine — every creature you feed it grows the board, and recursive loops with Luminous Broodmoth or Clavileño, First of the Blessed can spiral out of control fast. The cost is a four-mana 3/3 that does nothing without fodder, so it lives or dies by the density of your sacrifice ecosystem.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Clavileño, First of the Blessed

81.1% of decks · synergy 0.65

Clavileño, First of the Blessed turns every non-Vampire death into a card draw trigger, and Bartolomé del Presidio gives you a free sacrifice outlet that also grows your board — the two cards together convert your creature graveyard into card advantage and +1/+1 counters simultaneously. Eighty percent of Clavileño decks run Bartolomé for exactly this reason.

02
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

74.2% of decks · synergy 0.58

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch rewards you for sacrificing creatures with token generation and life gain, and Bartolomé del Presidio plugs in as the free sacrifice outlet that keeps the engine spinning. The two cards create a tight loop where every sacrifice fuels both Teysa's triggers and Bartolomé's counter accumulation.

03
Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

60.3% of decks · synergy 0.56

Tayam, Luminous Enigma pays for its activated ability with counters, and Bartolomé del Presidio generates those counters on demand every time you feed it a creature. That makes Bartolomé a direct enabler for Tayam's recursion loop, not just a synergy piece.

04
Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

Felisa, Fang of Silverquill

65.3% of decks · synergy 0.49

Felisa, Fang of Silverquill cares deeply about creatures dying with +1/+1 counters on them, and Bartolomé del Presidio is one of the most efficient ways to put those counters on creatures before you sacrifice them. Together they convert a steady stream of small creatures into a flood of 2/2 Inklings.

05
Ratadrabik of Urborg

Ratadrabik of Urborg

59.0% of decks · synergy 0.43

Ratadrabik of Urborg makes token copies of legendary creatures when they die, and Bartolomé del Presidio provides the free, repeatable sacrifice outlet that triggers that ability on demand. The combination lets you cash in legendary creatures for both +1/+1 counters and token copies in a single activation.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the clear home for Bartolomé del Presidio — the card is built for long-game engines, and the 100-card singleton format gives it the recursive and token-generating support it needs to thrive. In competitive Commander specifically, it slots into Orzhov aristocrats shells as a low-cost, high-upside piece that can win games on the back of the right loop. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer are legal but largely uninterested — a 3/3 for four that requires a sacrifice ecosystem is too slow and build-around for formats that close games quickly. Standard may find occasional niche use in dedicated aristocrats builds, but the card's ceiling is far higher in the 99 than in any 60-card format.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Bartolomé del Presidio is bulk — you're paying next to nothing for a card that shows up in over ten thousand Clavileño decks alone. Bulk rares with that level of Commander demand tend to hold their floor rather than drop further, so picking up copies now costs you almost nothing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.