Leering Onlooker
Creature — Vampire
Flying
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create two tapped 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #20993
Leering Onlooker enters as a 2/2 and transforms into a bigger threat when you cast your second spell each turn, making it a payoff that scales with spell density rather than board state. It's a solid role-player in spellslinger or prowess-style shells, and a near-blank anywhere else.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Leering Onlooker slots into spellslinger decks that naturally chain two spells a turn — think Niv-Mizzet, Parun or Veyran, Voice of Duality builds where hitting the trigger is trivial. Outside those shells it's too conditional to justify a slot over creatures with static upsides. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the bar for a three-drop is steep and Leering Onlooker doesn't clear it — prowess payoffs with unconditional upsides exist at the same cost. Standard is where it has the most room to breathe if the format lacks redundancy at this slot, but it still needs a deck built around triggering it consistently to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Leering Onlooker is bulk — pick it up without hesitation if the shell fits. Don't expect the price to move; this is a casual-demand card with a ceiling near where it already sits.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.