Stromkirk Occultist
Creature — Vampire Horror
Trample
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card.
Madness 
(If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9451
Stromkirk Occultist hits the table as a 3/2 haste vampire that impulse-draws a card whenever it deals combat damage to a player — free card advantage stapled to a body that can threaten immediately. The cost is everything: in a format full of blockers and removal, connecting with a 3/2 is often wishful thinking, and the payoff is conditional on your opponents not having a Fog or a chump.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anje Falkenrath
Anje Falkenrath wants every madness-payoff vampire she can find, and Stromkirk Occultist checks both boxes — it's a vampire with madness (RR to cast discarded), so Anje untaps when you pitch it, and if it connects it generates the kind of card velocity that keeps a madness engine churning.
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 |
Commander is where Stromkirk Occultist actually lives — 79% of its decks are Anje Falkenrath lists that run it as a madness-enabled draw engine in a dedicated vampire shell. In competitive eternal formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it sees effectively zero play; aggressive red decks at those tables have faster, more reliable threats that don't depend on combat damage to pay off. Oathbreaker is legal but the card has no meaningful home there. The honest read: outside of Anje, Stromkirk Occultist is a fringe include at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Stromkirk Occultist, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number before buying. Given its narrow demand — almost entirely Anje Falkenrath decks — it typically sits at bulk-rare pricing and isn't difficult to track down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.