Bishop of the Bloodstained
Creature — Vampire Cleric
When this creature enters, target opponent loses 1 life for each Vampire you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #16453
Bishop of the Bloodstained drains every opponent for the number of Vampires you control the moment it enters — no attack step, no setup, just immediate life loss scaled to your board. Five mana for a 3/3 is mediocre rate, but in a dedicated Vampire tribal deck that drain trigger routinely hits for six or more before the card even has a chance to attack.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bishop of the Bloodstained is a Commander card — full stop. Vampire tribal in EDH regularly reaches the board counts where the drain trigger ends games, and multiplayer means the life loss hits three opponents simultaneously. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, five mana for a conditional drain that does nothing else can't compete with faster threats at the same slot. Legacy and Vintage make it even more irrelevant given the speed of those formats. Stick to Commander, specifically a dedicated Vampire tribal shell, and Bishop of the Bloodstained earns its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Bishop of the Bloodstained is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for a card that closes out games in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate, so there's no reason to hold copies beyond exactly how many decks you're building.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.