Brimstone Vandal

Creature — Devil

Menace (This creature can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
If it's neither day nor night, it becomes day as this creature enters.
Whenever day becomes night or night becomes day, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Innistrad: Double Feature
Price
$0.14
EDHREC rank
#23065
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Brimstone Vandal card art
Brimstone Vandal deals 1 damage to each opponent whenever you tap it for mana, turning every ritual into a free ping across the table. At three mana for a 1/3, the body is irrelevant — you're here for the drain, and in a deck that taps creatures repeatedly, that damage adds up fast.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Brimstone Vandal is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer damage clause hits every opponent simultaneously, so each tap is worth three or four times what it would be in a duel. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, a single point of damage per tap on a fragile 1/3 body is simply too slow to matter. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where it could theoretically slot into a red creature-tap shell, but the competition at three mana is stiff and the payoff rarely justifies the slot. Play Brimstone Vandal in Commander or not at all.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.14 bulk tier

At $0.14, Brimstone Vandal is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. It won't appreciate; supply is high and the card's appeal is narrow enough that demand stays low.

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