Basilica Stalker

Creature — Vampire Detective

Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 1 life and surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
Disguise {4}{B} (You may cast this card face down for {3} as a 2/2 creature with ward {2}. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)

CMC
6
Mana cost
{5}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor
Price
$0.10
EDHREC rank
#20723
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Basilica Stalker card art
Basilica Stalker enters as a 1/4 deathtouch lifelink creature for three mana — solid stats for a blocker, and the keyword combination means it trades up and gains you life doing it. The problem is that three mana for a vanilla-feeling body with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no payoff beyond its own survival is a floor, not a ceiling.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

In Commander, Basilica Stalker occupies the awkward middle ground of being fine without being good — deathtouch lifelink is a real threat deterrent, but 99-card singleton formats demand more than a 1/4 that does nothing the turn it enters. Pauper is where Basilica Stalker has the most legitimate standing, since the common card pool compresses power levels enough that a resilient three-drop with two relevant keywords can pull real weight in midrange or lifegain shells. In constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, it is simply outclassed — the three-mana slot is brutally competitive, and a 1/4 with no immediate effect won't survive the cut. Legacy and Vintage don't register it at all.

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Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.10 bulk tier

At $0.10, Basilica Stalker is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without paying for it. There is no pressure to buy in, and no reason to expect that changes.

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