Crovax the Cursed
Legendary Creature — Vampire Noble
Crovax enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may sacrifice a creature. If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on Crovax. If you don't, remove a +1/+1 counter from Crovax.
: Crovax gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25778
Crovax the Cursed enters with four +1/+1 counters and a built-in way to fuel sacrifice synergies — drain a creature each upkeep to stay powered up, or let it shrink and trade for value. The cost is real: without a steady stream of creatures to feed it, Crovax becomes a 0/0 and dies on the spot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Crovax the Cursed is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its story begins and ends — it sees essentially no competitive Legacy or Vintage play. In Commander, it fits niche sacrifice-matters builds where the upkeep drain doubles as an engine, not a drawback, and the color identity of pure black slots it into any mono-black or Orzhov shell. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, where its self-contained counter mechanic can snowball faster in a lower-life-total game, though it's still a fringe pick there.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Crovax the Cursed isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for live listings. As an older, niche legendary creature with narrow competitive application, it typically sits in budget territory and is rarely a significant financial commitment to pick up.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.