Highborn Vampire
Creature — Vampire Warrior
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25178
Highborn Vampire is a 4/3 for four mana with no abilities — vanilla stats that don't clear the bar in any competitive context. It's a bulk common for a reason, and there's no shell in Commander or elsewhere that makes it worth the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Highborn Vampire is legal everywhere but relevant nowhere. In Commander, a 4/3 vanilla for four is below the minimum — you need either a enters-the-battlefield effect, evasion, or a tribal payoff to justify that slot, and Highborn Vampire offers none of them. In Pauper, where commons compete seriously, a vanilla four-drop at that rate loses to nearly every alternative in black. Standard, Pioneer, and Modern all have access to black creatures that do more for the same or less mana, so Highborn Vampire won't see competitive play in any of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Highborn Vampire is deep bulk — the kind of card that comes in draft chaff piles and never leaves. There's no demand driver on the horizon that would move the price, so don't expect it to hold even that floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.