Sorin's Guide
Creature — Vampire
When this creature enters, you may search your library and/or graveyard for a card named Sorin, Vampire Lord, reveal it, and put it into your hand. If you search your library this way, shuffle.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #25581
Sorin's Guide enters as a 4/4 flying lifelinker and can pay 4 life to grant a creature flying and lifelink until end of turn — relevant evasion and life-cushion stapled onto a single threat. The five-mana cost is on the steep side for what is ultimately a lord-lite effect, so it earns its slot only in dedicated vampire or lifegain shells.
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, Sorin's Guide fits cleanly into vampire tribal and lifegain-payoff decks where flying evasion and lifelink are currency rather than incidentals. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it doesn't have the rate to compete — five mana for a creature that requires an additional four life to share its best keyword is too slow and too conditional. Legacy and Vintage have no interest. Oathbreaker, like Commander, can find a home for it if the planeswalker and strategy align with vampire synergies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
Sorin's Guide sits firmly in bulk territory at $0.20, and there's no pressure on that price — it's a role-player in niche tribal decks, not a staple with broad demand. Pick it up freely if the deck wants it; don't expect the number to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.