Heir of Falkenrath // Heir to the Night
Creature — Vampire // Creature — Vampire Berserker
Discard a card: Transform this creature. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #22417
Heir of Falkenrath // Heir to the Night flips into a 3/2 flying lifelink threat for two mana — that's an efficient rate by any measure. The discard cost is the whole game: in decks that want cards in the graveyard, it's a bonus, not a drawback.
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, Heir of Falkenrath // Heir to the Night earns its slot in Vampire tribal builds and any black shell that wants cheap discard outlets — Madness, reanimator, and graveyard-value strategies all treat the flip cost as a resource rather than a tax. In Modern and Pioneer, it's outclassed by faster threats and more efficient discard synergies, so it sees essentially no competitive play there. Legacy and Vintage have far better options at every point on the curve. The card lives in Commander, and specifically in the subset of Commander decks that are actively looking for ways to pitch cards on demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Heir of Falkenrath // Heir to the Night is deep bulk — you'll find it in bulk bins before you find it on a vendor page. Bulk rares that fill a narrow tribal or synergy role tend to stay at this floor indefinitely, so there's no price pressure in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.