Ravenous Bloodseeker
Creature — Vampire Berserker
Discard a card: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26768
Ravenous Bloodseeker turns any discard into a free power-boost — each card you pitch makes it a 4/1, then a 5/1, then larger — while simultaneously fueling madness, reanimator, and graveyard synergies. The cost is a fragile toughness that dies to almost any pinpoint removal, so you need to exploit the size immediately.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ravenous Bloodseeker slots cleanly into Anje Falkenrath and other Madness-focused builds, where every discard trigger does double duty — growing the Bloodseeker while enabling madness casts off instants and sorceries. Outside Commander, it's legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, but the competitive bar for a two-mana 2/2 that requires discard fuel to matter is high, and none of those formats currently have a shell that rewards it over purpose-built alternatives. It's a Commander-specific card in practice, regardless of where the rules say it's allowed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Ravenous Bloodseeker is deep bulk — grab a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow synergy profiles rarely move off the floor, so don't expect the price to shift.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.