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Falkenrath Noble

Creature — Vampire Noble

Flying
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Commander 2017
Price
$0.33
EDHREC rank
#1841
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Falkenrath Noble card art
Falkenrath Noble drains each opponent for 1 and gains you 1 life every time any creature dies — your own or anyone else's — which turns any sacrifice outlet or board wipe into a life-swing that compounds fast. Four mana is the honest cost, and it's worth it: Warren Soultrader or Clavileño, First of the Blessed can churn through tokens and translate every sacrifice into incremental damage that closes games before opponents stabilize.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Clavileño, First of the Blessed

Clavileño, First of the Blessed

40.5% of decks · synergy 0.35

Clavileño, First of the Blessed generates a stream of disposable Vampire tokens that beg to be sacrificed, and Falkenrath Noble converts each death trigger into a drain that stacks alongside Clavileño's own payoffs — the two together make even a modest token army a clock.

03
Horobi, Death's Wail

Horobi, Death's Wail

36.3% of decks · synergy 0.31

Horobi, Death's Wail kills any targeted creature, meaning the board clears constantly — Falkenrath Noble converts that relentless attrition into a life-drain engine that punishes opponents for simply playing creatures.

04
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

31.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor wants creatures dying to generate Blood tokens and enable his attack trigger, and Falkenrath Noble ensures every one of those deaths also shrinks opponents' life totals.

05
Dina, Soul Steeper

Dina, Soul Steeper

27.6% of decks · synergy 0.26

Dina, Soul Steeper pings opponents whenever you gain life, so Falkenrath Noble's lifegain rider on each drain trigger feeds Dina's ability and creates a second damage vector from the same event.

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 legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Falkenrath Noble earns its slot — three opponents means each death trigger drains up to 3 life and gains you 3, turning sacrifice loops into game-ending life swings in a single turn. In Pauper it's a legitimate threat in black sacrifice builds, where it closes out games at common rarity with almost no competition at the effect. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; four mana for a 2/2 drain-on-death doesn't compete in formats where the game is often decided by turn two.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.33 bulk tier

At $0.33, Falkenrath Noble is bulk, and given its widespread play across Commander sacrifice and vampire lists, that price is unlikely to move meaningfully upward. Grab as many copies as you need without hesitation — the effect is real and the cost to entry is essentially zero.

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