Sengir Connoisseur
Creature — Vampire
Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures die, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19475
Sengir Connoisseur is a five-mana 4/3 flier that grows whenever another creature dies — fine stats, but nothing that clears the bar in a format where five mana buys you far more decisive threats. It's a role-player at best, and only in decks that generate consistent sacrifice fodder to trigger it reliably.
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 |
Sengir Connoisseur is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats effectively ignore it — a five-mana 4/3 with a conditional upside doesn't survive comparison to the threats those formats field. Commander is the only context where it sees any real play, and even there it occupies a narrow slot: sacrifice-heavy black decks that want an evasive threat that scales with their gameplan. In Oathbreaker it's theoretically available but the compressed game speed makes it even harder to justify the mana investment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Sengir Connoisseur is deep bulk — you're essentially paying for cardboard. That price is stable simply because demand is low and unlikely to spike without a dramatic reprint or combo discovery.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.