Stromkirk Noble
Creature — Vampire Noble
This creature can't be blocked by Humans.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #13203
Stromkirk Noble enters, dodges every Human blocker, and snowballs into a must-answer threat the longer it lives — all for one red mana. It's exactly the kind of one-drop Olivia Voldaren decks want: cheap, evasive, and self-scaling.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Olivia Voldaren
Olivia Voldaren's gameplan rewards sticking cheap Vampires early so she can come down and immediately start stealing creatures, and Stromkirk Noble is the ideal early threat — it's already growing before Olivia hits the board, and every Human it dodges or trades through accelerates the clock she's trying to close.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stromkirk Noble is a role-player in Vampire tribal builds, not a headliner — one-drops rarely dominate 100-card singleton formats, but the Noble's immunity to Humans is genuinely relevant in a format crawling with mana dorks and utility creatures like Thalia and Magus of the Moon. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes in the one-drop slot of aggressive red strategies, though the bar there is high and its ceiling is lower than Vampire Lackey in dedicated tribal shells. Legacy makes it legal but irrelevant at that power level. Stromkirk Noble is most honestly a Commander card for the specific Vampire tribal decks that want cheap, evasive bodies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Stromkirk Noble is deep bulk — you're paying for a card, not a commodity. It's a stable floor price; this is a single-printing common-tier rare with modest competitive demand, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Olivia Voldaren
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.