Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader
Creature — Human // Creature — Vampire
At the beginning of your upkeep, any opponent may sacrifice a creature of their choice. If no one does, transform this creature.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20119
Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader is a two-mana 1/1 that transforms into a 3/4 flying, lifelink, deathtouch threat once your opponents have no creatures — a backbreaking payoff when you can engineer that board state. The cost is the setup: that transform condition is your problem to solve.
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, Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader finds its home in aristocrats and sacrifice-heavy builds that can clear opposing boards through attrition, politics, or mass removal, then flip it into a finisher. The front face is innocuous enough that opponents rarely prioritize it, which makes the back-face ambush genuinely punishing when the moment arrives. In Modern and Pioneer, the transform condition is too fragile against fast-refilling creature decks to reliably flip it, making it a fringe consideration at best. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a two-mana 1/1 with a conditional payoff to matter. Commander is the only format where controlling board states are common enough to make Malicious Invader live up to its name.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Innocent Traveler // Malicious Invader is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up without thinking about it. The price reflects its narrow playability rather than power level; it doesn't have the cross-format demand to climb, so expect it to stay here.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.