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 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #20723
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
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
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.
Key Combos
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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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.