Bat Whisperer
Creature — Vampire
When this creature enters, if an opponent lost life this turn, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Midnight Hunt
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #19494
Bat Whisperer enters as a 4/3 and leaves a 1/1 flying token behind when your opponents have lower life totals — two bodies for one card. At four mana, that rate is acceptable only in decks that specifically want cheap tokens or life-drain payoffs; everywhere else, it's filler.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bat Whisperer earns its slot in vampire or drain-and-gain strategies where the 1/1 bat token feeds sacrifice engines or triggers life-loss payoffs — think Edgar Markov tables where someone is reliably below 10 by mid-game. Outside that niche, a vanilla 4/3 for four with a conditional bonus is below the power floor of the format. In Pauper it's legal but too slow and too conditional to see serious play. Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Pioneer are too efficient for Bat Whisperer to matter competitively.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Bat Whisperer is pure bulk — buy it without hesitation if it fits the strategy. Don't expect the price to move; it has no competitive demand and sufficient print supply to keep it at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.