Kalastria Nightwatch
Creature — Vampire Warrior Ally
Whenever you gain life, this creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #25291
Kalastria Nightwatch gives you a 3/4 flier with lifelink whenever you sacrifice a creature, making it a repeatable air threat in any deck that churns through its own board. The five-mana base cost is steep for a 3/4, so it only earns its slot when the trigger fires multiple times a game.
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 |
Kalastria Nightwatch is bulk-rare territory in every competitive format — five mana for a conditional body doesn't register in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the bar for five-drops is a game-ending effect on the spot. Pauper is where creature roles are more forgiving, but Kalastria Nightwatch is an uncommon, so it's ineligible there. Commander is the right home: sacrifice synergy decks run enough fodder to trigger it repeatedly, and a flying lifelink body that scales with your sacrifice count is a legitimate value engine in the right shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Kalastria Nightwatch is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box rather than paying shipping for it. The price isn't going anywhere; it's a narrow uncommon with a specific home, and supply is plentiful.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.