Creeping Bloodsucker
Creature — Vampire
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to each opponent. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $4.80
- EDHREC rank
- #1430
Creeping Bloodsucker drains each opponent at the start of their combat step — a repeating, hard-to-interact-with clock that adds up fast in multiplayer. The catch is that you need to end the turn before those combat steps resolve, which is exactly why Obeka, Splitter of Seconds is the card's natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds ends the turn before opponents' combat steps resolve, meaning Creeping Bloodsucker triggers drain each opponent every round without ever dealing combat damage back — it's the engine the card was designed for.
Belbe, Corrupted Observer
Creeping Bloodsucker dealing damage to each opponent before their combat step is one of the cleanest ways to activate Belbe, Corrupted Observer's mana ability, guaranteeing two colorless per opponent hit.
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Creeping Bloodsucker pings each opponent at the start of their combat, satisfying Rakdos, Lord of Riots' requirement that an opponent lose life this turn — even on rounds where your own creatures sit behind blockers.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Every drain trigger from Creeping Bloodsucker also triggers Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose's life-loss rider on opponents, compounding the clock and threatening a kill without ever swinging into combat.
Licia, Sanguine Tribune
Creeping Bloodsucker's repeated life gain fuels Licia, Sanguine Tribune's cost reduction and keeps her rebuyable from the command zone at a steep discount.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Creeping Bloodsucker is a Commander card through and through — the drain trigger hits each opponent, so the three-player multiplayer math makes it far more threatening than it looks in a vacuum. In Pauper it's legal but competes in a format where a two-mana 2/2 with a slow clock rarely outpaces faster aggro or combo. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but neither format has interest in a creature this underpowered on rate. Stick to Commander, where Creeping Bloodsucker's per-opponent symmetry and synergy with turn-ending effects give it real teeth.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.80 cheap tier
At $4.80, Creeping Bloodsucker sits at the high end of the cheap tier for a card with a narrow home — the price reflects concentrated demand from Obeka, Splitter of Seconds decks rather than broad playability. It holds that price as long as Obeka remains a popular commander, but outside that shell there's little demand propping it up.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
- Belbe, Corrupted Observer
- Rakdos, Lord of Riots
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
- Licia, Sanguine Tribune
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.