Sengir Nosferatu
Creature — Vampire
Flying
, Exile this creature: Create a 1/2 black Bat creature token with flying. It has ", Sacrifice this token: Return an exiled card named Sengir Nosferatu to the battlefield under its owner's control."
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #26019
Sengir Nosferatu is a 4/4 flying beater that can exile itself to create a Bat token and return at end of turn — a built-in blink loop that protects it from sorcery-speed removal and enables repeated enters-the-battlefield triggers. The six-mana cost is the ceiling here; this is a value engine, not a threat that closes games on its own.
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 |
In Commander, Sengir Nosferatu earns its slot in vampire tribal and blink-heavy black decks, where the self-exile trick generates Bat tokens and dodges targeted removal on demand. Legacy and Vintage are hostile environments — six mana for a creature with no immediate board impact is unplayable in those formats regardless of legality. Modern is technically legal but practically irrelevant; the card can't compete at that speed. Commander is the only real home, and even there Sengir Nosferatu is a role-player rather than a flagship piece.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Sengir Nosferatu is bulk, and that price reflects its narrow Commander application accurately. It won't climb unless vampire tribal gets a breakout commander that makes the self-exile loop a must-have piece.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.