Ichor Drinker
Creature — Phyrexian Vampire
Lifelink
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Incubate 2. Activate only as a sorcery. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and "
: Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #15226
Ichor Drinker enters as a 1/1 lifelinker with toxic 1 for a single black mana, which is a real three-keyword package at one drop. The ceiling is narrow — poison synergies are a prerequisite — but inside those decks it earns its slot.
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, Ichor Drinker only matters if you're building around poison or infect; outside that context, a 1/1 lifelinker is irrelevant at 100-card power levels. Pauper is the format where Ichor Drinker has the most room to breathe — one-mana creatures with three relevant keywords get real looks in aggressive lists, and toxic fuels poison-count strategies that exist in the format. Modern and Pioneer have the raw card density to support toxic aggro, but the competition at one mana is steep enough that Ichor Drinker typically sits at the margins. Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful toxic shell, so it doesn't register there.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Ichor Drinker is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. It won't hold or gain value, but for poison-focused Commander or Pauper lists, the acquisition cost is irrelevant.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.