Bloodthrone Vampire
Creature — Vampire
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #8458
Bloodthrone Vampire turns any surplus creature into a +2/+2 pump at instant speed — the cost is just a sacrifice, and in the right deck that's a resource, not a loss. Shells built around Sek'Kuar, Deathkeeper or Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker treat every sac as free fuel, making this a zero-downside threat that can one-shot a player from nowhere.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker
Bloodthrone Vampire sits at 1 power, so Shirei, Shizo's Caretaker returns it from the graveyard at end of turn after any sacrifice — meaning it feeds itself back into the loop every single turn cycle.
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder floods the board with Thrull tokens, and Bloodthrone Vampire converts that overflow directly into a lethal pump before the token count triggers Endrek's self-sacrifice clause.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bloodthrone Vampire is a bulk common in Commander but earns real inclusion in sacrifice-themed builds — the instant-speed pump is the key detail most players undervalue. In Pauper it competes in aristocrats-style lists where the common slot restriction actually makes a free-to-sac outlet relevant, though it rarely breaks through as a primary win condition. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient sacrifice outlets, so Bloodthrone Vampire doesn't register there. Commander is its natural home: 100-card singleton means redundancy matters, and it fills the role of an uncounterable, activation-cost-free outlet that also threatens to close games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Sek'Kuar, DeathkeeperCryptolith RiteNether TraitorBloodthrone Vampire
Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bloodthrone Vampire is deep bulk — you'll find it in any commons box for free before you'd bother buying a copy. That price is stable by definition; bulk commons don't move unless a format breaks them, and nothing on the horizon suggests that here.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.