Nirkana Cutthroat
Creature — Vampire Warrior
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LEVEL 1-2
4/3
Deathtouch
LEVEL 3+
5/4
First strike, deathtouch
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rise of the Eldrazi
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #21598
Nirkana Cutthroat enters as a 4/4 lifelinker for three mana — above the curve on stats and relevant in combat immediately. The catch is the black devotion requirement to unlock that body, which makes it a liability in anything but a mono-black shell.
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 |
Nirkana Cutthroat is a Commander card through and through — specifically, mono-black Commander where devotion payoffs compound and the competition for three-mana slots is lower than in 60-card formats. In Legacy and Vintage, a 4/4 lifelinker for three is fine on paper but faces a format speed and card quality ceiling that makes devotion-conditional stats a nonstarter. Modern has enough efficient threats at three mana that conditional sizing doesn't earn a slot. Commander is where Nirkana Cutthroat actually delivers: a mono-black devotion deck can reliably turn this on by turn three or four, and lifelink at that size pulls real weight in a four-player game.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Nirkana Cutthroat is pure bulk — easy to pick up in any order or trade binder without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow homes don't typically climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so don't expect appreciation, but at this price the question is just whether it fits your deck, not whether it's worth buying.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.