Consuming Aetherborn
Creature — Aetherborn Vampire
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
Lifelink
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #22381
Consuming Aetherborn is a 3/4 deathtouch lifelink for three mana — above-rate stats with two relevant keywords that punish anyone who blocks or gets blocked by it. The cost is black devotion and a narrow color identity, but in a mono-black or heavily black shell, it's a clean include.
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 |
Consuming Aetherborn is pauper-legal and that's its best home outside Commander — deathtouch lifelink at common is legitimately powerful in a format where creatures trade constantly. In Commander, it fits mono-black life-matters decks and any shell that wants cheap blockers that deter attacks, though a 3/4 with no ETB or card advantage has to earn its slot in a 100-card format. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage are non-starters — Consuming Aetherborn doesn't approach the efficiency threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Consuming Aetherborn is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card itself. It holds no financial value, but it doesn't need to; pick up a copy whenever you need it and don't think twice about the price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.