Quag Vampires
Creature — Vampire Rogue
Multikicker 
(You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.)
Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it for each time it was kicked.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #18498
Quag Vampires is a conditional pump spell stapled to a 1/1 body — it gives a target Vampire +1/+1 for each Swamp you control until end of turn, which can represent a meaningful combat swing in a mono-black or heavy-black shell. The cost is real: it's sorcery speed, it does nothing outside a Vampire deck, and the effect evaporates at end of turn.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Quag Vampires belongs exclusively in Vampire tribal decks leaning hard on basic Swamps — Edgar Markov and Strefan, Maurer Progenitor lists running 20-plus basics can make the pump relevant, but sorcery speed limits its ceiling to a combat trick that telegraphs itself a full step early. In Pauper, where the card is legal, aggressive mono-black Vampire strategies are fringe at best, and Quag Vampires doesn't crack those lists over cheaper, unconditional options. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card simply doesn't interact with anything those formats care about. The honest format home is a budget Commander build where basic Swamp count is high and the tribal synergy is the whole point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Quag Vampires is deep bulk — you're not paying for power, you're paying for cardboard. It won't hold or gain value, but it doesn't need to: if you're sleeving up a budget tribal build, the cost of inclusion is essentially zero.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.