Falkenrath Aristocrat
Creature — Vampire Noble
Flying, haste
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains indestructible until end of turn. If the sacrificed creature was a Human, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #14000
Falkenrath Aristocrat is a 4/1 flying haste that grows indestructible on demand by sacrificing a Human — four mana for immediate, evasive damage that punishes any token or aristocrats shell running out of bodies. The cost is real: without a steady supply of sacrifice fodder, the indestructibility is unreliable and a 4/1 trades down into almost anything.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Falkenrath Aristocrat slots cleanly into Vampire tribal and aristocrats decks as an evasive, semi-resilient threat that punishes wide token boards — but a 4/1 body is fragile in a format where creatures start at a higher baseline. In Modern, it saw play in aggressive Mardu and Jund shell during its competitive window, where the haste and flying closed games faster than the format could answer indestructibility; it's no longer a fixture but remains a legitimate budget threat in Human-sacrifice builds. Legacy and Vintage have faster, more powerful options at four mana, so Falkenrath Aristocrat doesn't see meaningful play in either format. It's legal in Oathbreaker and fits any aggressive black-red sacrifice strategy there, though the format is niche enough that the card's ceiling is capped by the meta.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Falkenrath Aristocrat is deep bulk — a former competitive staple that has fully bottomed out. It holds that floor comfortably given its unique combination of haste, evasion, and conditional indestructibility in black-red, so don't expect it to drop further, but there's no meaningful upside catalyst in sight either.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.