Vampire Champion
Creature — Vampire Soldier
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #26788
Vampire Champion enters with a keyword counter and hands one out to another creature — immediate board presence and a permanent buff, no upkeep required. It's a solid roleplayer in any Vampire tribal build that wants to stack lifelink or deathtouch across multiple bodies.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vampire Champion is a Commander card through and through — tribal synergy and keyword counters matter most in a 100-card singleton format where redundancy is scarce and each creature needs to pull weight. In pauper it's legal and the stats are passable, but keyword-counter synergies aren't a pillar of that format. Anywhere faster — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Vampire Champion is too slow at three mana for what it provides; tribal decks in those formats demand more immediate impact.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Vampire Champion is deep bulk — easy to grab as a throw-in or pick up for pennies in a trade binder. Bulk tribal commons and uncommons at this price tier rarely move unless a commander product or precon reprint spikes demand, so don't expect the number to change.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.