Havengul Vampire
Creature — Vampire
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #20579
Havengul Vampire grows whenever any other creature dies, turning every board wipe, sacrifice outlet, and combat trade into a permanent stat boost. Five mana is a real ask for a vanilla 3/3 that needs the graveyard to do work before it becomes threatening.
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 |
Havengul Vampire is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats will never touch it — five mana for a 3/3 with a conditional upside is decades behind the curve in Legacy and Modern. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically in aristocrats or Vampire tribal builds where creature deaths are a resource rather than an accident. Even there, it competes against cheaper, more immediate payoffs, so it earns a slot only when the deck is explicitly built around stacking death triggers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Havengul Vampire is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than purchase deliberately. Demand is too narrow to expect any price movement, so treat it as a zero-cost inclusion if the synergy fits, not a pickup worth hunting down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.