Hooded Blightfang
Creature — Snake
Deathtouch
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch attacks, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Whenever a creature you control with deathtouch deals damage to a planeswalker, destroy that planeswalker.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2021 Promos
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #7129
Hooded Blightfang turns every deathtouch creature you control into a drain engine and a board-wide wither machine — opponents lose a life whenever a deathtouch creature deals damage, and everything they block with gets a -1/-1 counter. Aphelia, Viper Whisperer is the natural home, but any deck stacking deathtouch creatures can weaponize this for free value on top of combat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer
Aphelia, Viper Whisperer is built to flood the board with deathtouch snakes, making Hooded Blightfang's drain and wither triggers fire constantly — the combination turns even chump attacks into life loss and board erosion.
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons generates snake tokens whenever -1/-1 counters land on creatures, and Hooded Blightfang puts those counters on blockers automatically, turning every combat into a token factory.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer punishes opponents for letting creatures die, and Hooded Blightfang pressures them into unfavorable blocks where deathtouch wipes out attackers while draining life — the two create a no-win combat situation.
Blech, Loafing Pest
Blech, Loafing Pest rewards poison and -1/-1 counter strategies, and Hooded Blightfang's wither clause feeds that gameplan by stacking counters through combat without requiring dedicated infect creatures.
Glissa Sunslayer
Glissa Sunslayer already has deathtouch built in, so Hooded Blightfang immediately upgrades every Glissa attack into a life drain trigger and turns blocked creatures into counter sponges.
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 |
Hooded Blightfang lives almost entirely in Commander, where deathtouch synergy decks can build a critical mass of creatures to make every trigger count. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the three-mana investment is too slow and the payoff too fragile against removal-heavy environments with no guaranteed deathtouch density. Legacy and Vintage have access to it on paper, but the card has no meaningful presence there — the power ceiling is nowhere near what those formats demand. Commander is where Hooded Blightfang actually earns its slot, specifically in -1/-1 counter or snake tribal shells where it functions as a passive drain-and-wither engine rather than a win condition you have to build around.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Hooded Blightfang is firmly bulk, and that price reflects its narrow Commander niche — powerful inside the right shell, largely irrelevant outside it. It's a safe pickup for Aphelia or Hapatra builds with no budget concerns, and there's no meaningful upside pressure pushing it above a dollar.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.