Gift of Fangs
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 as long as it's a Vampire. Otherwise, it gets -2/-2.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #14228
Gift of Fangs turns a creature into a Vampire and staples a +1/+1 counter on it for a single black mana — that's the whole deal, and it's efficient enough to matter. In Vampire tribal builds led by Olivia, Crimson Bride, the type-changing clause is the reason it earns a slot, not a footnote.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Olivia, Crimson Bride
Olivia, Crimson Bride reanimates any Vampire and keeps it on the battlefield as long as another Vampire is in play, so Gift of Fangs solves both sides of that equation at once — it converts a non-Vampire reanimation target into a Vampire mid-game and grows it for free.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gift of Fangs is a tribal-specific tool with no cross-archetype application — you run it in Vampire builds or you don't run it at all. In Pauper, the one-mana cost is attractive, but the effect is too parasitic for a format where creature type rarely matters at that scale. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have access to far more efficient tribal enablers, so Gift of Fangs never sees serious play there. Legacy and Vintage have no Vampire synergy engines that want this effect at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Gift of Fangs is deep bulk — pick it up for essentially nothing and don't think twice about the financial side. Bulk tribal pieces like this rarely move unless a new Vampire commander dramatically spikes the archetype's popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.