Vampire Bats
Creature — Bat
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate no more than twice each turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fifth Edition
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #22560
Vampire Bats is a one-mana 0/1 flyer that pumps itself for B each activation — a floor so low it rarely justifies a slot. Outside of dedicated life-drain or +1/+1 counter synergies, the mana investment to make it relevant outpaces what better threats cost outright.
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 |
Vampire Bats is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in almost none of them. In Pauper it's technically viable as a one-drop flyer in black aggro, though far stronger common options exist. In Commander, Vampire Bats occupies the bottom tier of black tribal considerations — Edgar Markov decks that care about Vampire count might run it as a token trigger, but even there it's outclassed by one-drops that enter with immediate board presence. Across every format, the card's ceiling is 'passable filler,' and that's being generous.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Vampire Bats is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a common box, not a trade binder. The price reflects the demand accurately and is unlikely to move without an unexpected reprint in a product that forces renewed attention on it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.