Lion Vulture
Creature — Cat Bird
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
At the beginning of your end step, if an opponent lost life this turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and draw a card. (Damage causes loss of life.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #19679
Lion Vulture is a five-mana 4/4 flyer that exiles the top card of each opponent's library whenever it deals combat damage to a player — reach and pressure in one body. The rate is fair but not exciting, and it lives or dies by whether your deck can reliably connect in the air.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lion Vulture is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the relevant conversation begins and ends — it's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper. In Commander, it fits blue or white evasion-matters shells where repeated combat damage translates into library disruption and incidental card advantage against multiple opponents. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana 4/4 when the formats run cheaper, faster threats. Oathbreaker is the sleeper home: lower starting life totals make connecting easier, and hitting three opponents with Lion Vulture can strip meaningful pieces from opposing libraries in short order.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Lion Vulture is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order. Bulk flyers with conditional upside don't appreciate unless a commander breaks them wide open, so don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.