Stromkirk Patrol
Creature — Vampire Soldier
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Conspiracy: Take the Crown
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26451
Stromkirk Patrol is a vanilla 3/1 vampire with no relevant text beyond gaining a +1/+1 counter when it deals combat damage to a player — a payoff that rarely lands in multiplayer because 3 power doesn't push through blockers. It costs three mana for a body that trades with almost anything, and in Commander that exchange rate is simply not good enough.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Stromkirk Patrol occupies the bottom tier of vampire tribal — even dedicated Edgar Markov lists, which care about every vampire entering the battlefield, have better three-drops competing for the slot. Pauper is the only format where its cost-to-stats ratio is worth a second look, and even there aggressive red or black decks prefer creatures with immediate impact or evasion. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are legal on paper, but Stromkirk Patrol will never see play in any of them; the power floor in those formats makes a 3/1 with a conditional counter look embarrassing. The honest verdict: this is a limited card that never made the transition to constructed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Stromkirk Patrol is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box without moving. That price reflects its playability ceiling accurately and is unlikely to change absent an unexpected tribal reprint or rules shift that makes every vampire matter.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.