Sanguine Savior
Creature — Vampire Cleric
Flying, lifelink
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.)
When this creature is turned face up, another target creature you control gains lifelink until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20921
Sanguine Savior enters the battlefield and immediately generates Blood tokens equal to the number of opponents you have — three in a four-player pod — giving you card selection stapled to a 2/3 lifelink body. The cost is that it does nothing proactive beyond that; you're paying three mana for value that peaks at exactly the moment it enters and then coasts.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sanguine Savior is at its best: a four-player table means three Blood tokens on entry, which is a meaningful payoff for a three-mana creature in a format that moves slowly enough to use them. In faster 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, a 2/3 lifelink for three mana that makes one Blood token is simply too slow and too low-impact to compete with what those formats demand at that mana cost. Pauper is the one non-Commander 60-card home worth considering — aggressive black-red discard shells occasionally want this density of cheap looting — but it's still fringe there. Standard is its printed format and the only non-Commander environment where the card sees any real intended play, slotting into midrange vampire or discard-matters lists when the synergies align.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sanguine Savior is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not a card. That price is stable in the way all bulk commons and uncommons are stable: it won't spike without a competitive breakout that isn't coming, but it also won't get cheaper, so picking up copies for a Commander build costs essentially nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.