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Dominating Vampire

Creature — Vampire

When this creature enters, gain control of target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of Vampires you control until end of turn. Untap that creature. It gains haste until end of turn.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Price
$0.41
EDHREC rank
#11766
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Dominating Vampire card art
Dominating Vampire enters the battlefield and immediately steals a creature — a repeatable, on-attack effect that snowballs every combat if you can copy it, most famously with Splinter Twin. The cost is reliance on attacking with it: without haste or protection, it eats a block before the trigger matters, which is the only real knock on an otherwise efficient threat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Olivia Voldaren

Olivia Voldaren

35.5% of decks · synergy 0.35

Olivia Voldaren turns every stolen creature into a permanent Vampire under her control via her own activated ability, so Dominating Vampire's attacks keep feeding her board while she protects the investment by growing and locking down stolen targets.

02
Evelyn, the Covetous

Evelyn, the Covetous

21.6% of decks · synergy 0.21

Evelyn, the Covetous cares about playing cards from opponents' libraries, and Dominating Vampire's repeated theft triggers keep funneling enemy creatures into the red zone — every stolen attacker is another body Evelyn can leverage for her exile-and-cast engine.

03
Olivia, Crimson Bride

Olivia, Crimson Bride

20.7% of decks · synergy 0.20

Olivia, Crimson Bride reanimates Vampires from the graveyard, so when Dominating Vampire inevitably trades in combat or dies, Olivia can pull it back and reset the theft loop without ever casting it again.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Dominating Vampire does its best work — multiplayer tables are packed with high-value creatures to steal, and the repeated attack trigger can lock out a player entirely if you maintain board presence. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and fragile for a fair role, and the competitive creature-theft space is crowded by more efficient options. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to make any repeatable effect worthwhile, but Dominating Vampire doesn't clear the bar those formats set for a five-mana creature with no immediate protection. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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DoppelgangEcho MageDominating Vampire

DoppelgangEcho MageDominating Vampire

Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite copies of all permanents

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Price Context

Current price

$0.41 bulk tier

At $0.41, Dominating Vampire is firmly bulk — you're picking it up for essentially nothing. That price is stable; it's not a card that spikes, but it also doesn't need to when the effect is this strong for the cost in Commander.

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