Stalking Bloodsucker
Creature — Vampire
Flying
, Discard a card: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #30777
Stalking Bloodsucker is a 6/6 flying body that drains each opponent for 2 whenever you discard a card — serious pressure in any deck that wants to pitch cards repeatedly. The seven-mana cost is steep, but in Commander it's payable, and the life drain scales with pod size in a way that closes games faster than it looks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Stalking Bloodsucker actually lives — the multiplayer drain doubles or triples in value, and black discard-payoff shells (Edgar Markov vampires, Anje Falkenrath madness, Waste Not wheels) can trigger it multiple times per turn cycle. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but won't touch it; seven mana for a creature with no immediate board-warping effect is nowhere near competitive in those formats. Oathbreaker shares the multiplayer math that makes Commander appeal work, so the card is at least functional there in a dedicated discard shell.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Stalking Bloodsucker is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. The price is stable because demand is narrow; it slots into a specific archetype and nowhere else, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.