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Disciple of the Vault

Creature — Human Cleric

Whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, you may have target opponent lose 1 life.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
World Championship Decks 2004
Price
$0.67
EDHREC rank
#2316
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Disciple of the Vault card art
Disciple of the Vault turns every artifact hitting the graveyard into a life-loss trigger — in artifact-heavy shells, that's a kill condition stapled to a one-mana body. Commanders like Varolz, the Scar-Striped and Vazi, Keen Negotiator generate enough sacrifice fodder to make Disciple of the Vault the quiet closer in decks that never planned on being combo decks.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper banned
oathbreaker legal

Disciple of the Vault is banned in Pauper, which tells you everything about its ceiling at common — the format couldn't contain it once artifact sacrifice loops became trivially assembable. Legacy and Vintage are legal but rarely call for it outside dedicated artifact storm shells where faster engines exist. Commander is where Disciple of the Vault graduates from degenerate to merely powerful: the singleton rule means you can't stack multiples, but one copy is still enough to close games in any deck sacrificing artifacts at volume.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Vazi, Keen Negotiator

Vazi, Keen Negotiator

62.0% of decks · synergy 0.60

Vazi, Keen Negotiator hands out Treasure tokens to opponents, then punishes every artifact sacrifice — including theirs — with Disciple of the Vault's drain trigger, turning political generosity into a one-sided clock.

02
Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter

44.4% of decks · synergy 0.43

Jan Jansen, Chaos Crafter's ability converts creatures and artifacts into Treasure tokens on a loop, and Disciple of the Vault converts each of those sacrificed tokens into direct life loss that stacks fast.

03
Prosper, Tome-Bound

Prosper, Tome-Bound

40.8% of decks · synergy 0.37

Prosper, Tome-Bound generates a Treasure every time you exile and cast from the top, so Disciple of the Vault runs as a passive drain engine that scales with how aggressively you're playing through your exile.

04
Gyome, Master Chef

Gyome, Master Chef

39.3% of decks · synergy 0.36

Gyome, Master Chef produces Food tokens each turn, and Disciple of the Vault ensures that cashing those Foods in for life or sacrificing them to other effects also chips away at every opponent's total.

05
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch

35.7% of decks · synergy 0.35

Teysa, Opulent Oligarch floods the board with Treasure tokens off combat damage, giving Disciple of the Vault a steady stream of sacrifice triggers that add up to a meaningful drain engine over a long game.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.67 bulk tier

At $0.67, Disciple of the Vault is firmly bulk — you're paying for a role-player, not a staple. The price is stable given the Pauper ban limits demand to eternal and Commander crowds, so don't expect movement in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.