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Kheru Bloodsucker

Creature — Vampire

Whenever a creature you control with toughness 4 or greater dies, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.
{2}{B}, Sacrifice another creature: Put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Khans of Tarkir
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#21587
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Kheru Bloodsucker card art
Kheru Bloodsucker drains each opponent for 1 life whenever a creature with a +1/+1 counter on it dies — passive, repeatable, and requires zero mana once it's on board. The catch is that it only triggers on creatures you control, so it does nothing without a consistent counter-producing engine behind it; think of it as Hex Parasite's counterpart, one card removes counters while Kheru Bloodsucker rewards you for watching them disappear on death.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Kheru Bloodsucker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats have no interest in a three-mana 2/2 with a conditional drain trigger when faster, more resilient options exist. Commander is the only format where Kheru Bloodsucker earns a slot, specifically in +1/+1 counter decks that already generate sacrifice fodder — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice builds, Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons lists, or any Aristocrats shell that stacks counters before cashing creatures in. Oathbreaker is a reasonable secondary home if your signature spell or planeswalker generates countered creatures at scale.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Kheru Bloodsucker is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a bulk bin or ordering a playset for under a dollar. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is not, so don't expect movement in either direction.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.