Malakir Bloodwitch
Creature — Vampire Shaman
Flying, protection from white
When this creature enters, each opponent loses life equal to the number of Vampires you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $4.54
- EDHREC rank
- #3384
Malakir Bloodwitch enters the battlefield and immediately drains every opponent for the number of Vampires you control — on a 4/4 flying, protection from white body that is extremely difficult to race. Five mana is real, but Strefan, Maurer Progenitor can cheat it into play off a Blood token, collapsing the cost to effectively zero.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor puts Malakir Bloodwitch into play directly from hand using Blood tokens, turning a five-mana drain spell into a free end-of-turn ambush that swings life totals before opponents can respond.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov floods the board with Vampire tokens, and Malakir Bloodwitch's drain trigger scales directly with that count — in a wide Edgar board, the enters-the-battlefield drain alone can take 10 or more life per opponent.
Olivia Voldaren
Olivia Voldaren plays a slower, controlling Vampire game, and Malakir Bloodwitch slots in as both a life-swing finisher and a protection-from-white blocker that answers white-heavy removal packages.
Evelyn, the Covetous
Evelyn, the Covetous cares about casting Vampires across all colors, and Malakir Bloodwitch contributes a must-answer threat that drains the table while Evelyn is busy accumulating value from opponents' libraries.
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose converts every point of lifegain into damage, so Malakir Bloodwitch's drain trigger — which gains you life equal to the damage dealt — doubles as a lethal combo piece the moment Vito is on board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the natural home for Malakir Bloodwitch: three opponents amplify the drain trigger, Vampire tribal synergies are plentiful, and the protection from white is relevant against the format's most common removal. In Legacy and Vintage it is legal but firmly unplayable — five mana for a creature with no immediate board-breaking effect in those formats is a non-starter. Oathbreaker offers a reasonable middle ground for Vampire strategies, though the smaller life totals shrink the drain's impact.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.54 cheap tier
At $4.54, Malakir Bloodwitch sits at the bottom of the mid-budget range — cheap enough to slot into any Vampire build without hesitation. Demand is driven almost entirely by Commander tribal play, which is stable, so the price is unlikely to collapse.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Strefan, Maurer Progenitor
- Edgar Markov
- Olivia Voldaren
- Evelyn, the Covetous
- Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.