Falkenrath Pit Fighter
Creature — Vampire Warrior
, Discard a card, Sacrifice a Vampire: Draw two cards. Activate only if an opponent lost life this turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.60
- EDHREC rank
- #9431
Falkenrath Pit Fighter is a one-mana 2/1 with haste that draws a card whenever a Vampire you control deals combat damage to a player — the effect is immediate and repeatable. In Edgar Markov builds that want every Vampire slot to pull double duty, this is a clean answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov's eminence trigger means Falkenrath Pit Fighter enters alongside a free 1/1 token, and in a deck built to swing wide with Vampires every turn, the Fighter's draw trigger fires consistently enough to replace itself and then some.
Evelyn, the Covetous
Evelyn, the Covetous rewards you for casting Vampires of every color, and Falkenrath Pit Fighter's haste means it threatens a combat-damage draw the same turn it hits — giving Evelyn decks a cheap, immediately relevant piece of the engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Falkenrath Pit Fighter earns its slot in Vampire tribal builds where the density of attackers makes the draw trigger reliable rather than incidental. Outside Commander, it's legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, but sees no meaningful play in any of them — a one-mana 2/1 with a conditional draw stapled to combat is too slow and too narrow for those formats. This is a Commander card through and through, and specifically a tribal Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.60 bulk tier
At $0.60, Falkenrath Pit Fighter sits firmly in bulk territory. Bulk rares that see consistent Commander play tend to stay in this range indefinitely, so don't expect the price to move — just pick it up and sleeve it.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Edgar Markov
- Evelyn, the Covetous
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.