Champion of Dusk
Creature — Vampire Knight
When this creature enters, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of Vampires you control.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #3429
Champion of Dusk enters and immediately refills your hand — one card per Vampire you control, paid for in life. The life loss is real, but in a tribal shell with board presence already established, the raw card advantage is worth every point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor rewards you for having Vampires in hand, and Champion of Dusk is the single most reliable way to stock up — landing it on a board of four or five Vampires means Strefan has targets to cheat out for the rest of the game.
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed wants a constant stream of Vampires to sacrifice and convert into flying tokens, and Champion of Dusk keeps the hand full enough to sustain that loop without running out of fuel.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov goes wide fast, which means Champion of Dusk can easily draw four or five cards off a single trigger — the life payment barely registers when Edgar is closing games in the red zone.
Evelyn, the Covetous
Evelyn, the Covetous builds a multicolor Vampire board from multiple libraries, and Champion of Dusk converts that headcount directly into cards, making the refuel effect scale with Evelyn's own engine.
Elenda and Azor
Elenda and Azor generates Vampires as a byproduct of its draw triggers, so Champion of Dusk rewards the tokens Elenda has already created while synergizing with the deck's natural inclination toward card advantage.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Champion of Dusk is genuinely powerful — the card scales with the number of Vampires you control, and a tribal Commander deck can routinely cash it in for four or five cards mid-game. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but irrelevant: five mana for conditional draw is far too slow against those fields, and Vampire tribal there has more efficient payoffs. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander multiplayer context where it might see play, strictly in a Vampire-tribal shell, but the smaller 58-card deck and faster pace make the life cost hurt more.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Champion of Dusk is firmly bulk — easy to pick up in any collection trade or discount bin. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully given multiple printings and wide availability, so there's no reason to hesitate acquiring copies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
- Clavileño, First of the Blessed
- Edgar Markov
- Evelyn, the Covetous
- Elenda and Azor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.