Nightdrinker Moroii
Creature — Vampire
Flying
When this creature enters, you lose 3 life.
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26682
Nightdrinker Moroii lands as a 4/4 flier for four mana with lifelink — a genuinely above-rate body — but drains you one life per upkeep if you don't pay a blue or black mana, which punishes low-curve decks and multicolor builds that stumble on mana. It's a role-player in dedicated vampire or lifegain shells and a liability everywhere 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, Nightdrinker Moroii slots cleanly into vampire tribal or lifegain-matters decks where the upkeep drain is either negligible or actively useful as a life-loss trigger — think Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Sanguine Bond setups. Outside those shells, a four-mana 4/4 flier with a recurring cost doesn't clear the bar in a format full of value engines. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, four mana is a lot to ask for a creature with no immediate impact and a drawback that compounds over a long game. Standard is the one format where Nightdrinker Moroii could see fringe play if the vampire synergy payoffs are strong enough in the current card pool, but it faces stiff competition at that slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Nightdrinker Moroii is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a bulk bin, not tracking it on a buylist. Don't expect that to change; niche tribal role-players at this price point stay cheap unless a new commander pushes their archetype into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.