Vampire's Bite
Instant
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Target creature gets +3/+0 until end of turn. If this spell was kicked, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn. (Damage dealt by the creature also causes its controller to gain that much life.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Sorin vs. Tibalt
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #20487
Vampire's Bite gives a creature +3/+0 and lifelink until end of turn for one black mana, with a kicker cost of two more mana to grant lifelink to all your creatures instead. It's a cheap combat trick in dedicated Vampire or lifegain shells, but too narrow for most Commander lists where instant-speed pump rarely swings outcomes.
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, Vampire's Bite is a role-player in Vampire tribal or lifegain-matters builds — not a staple, but a cheap threat enabler that occasionally steals a combat step. In Legacy and Vintage it has no competitive presence; one-mana pump spells need to do something broken to see play in those formats, and this doesn't. Pauper is the format where Vampire's Bite is most at home, slotting into aggressive black decks that need cheap combat tricks to push through or survive racing scenarios. Modern and Pioneer have enough superior options that it never made the cut, and its absence from Standard and Pioneer rotations is no loss.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Vampire's Bite is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order individually. It won't appreciate; supply vastly outpaces casual demand, and nothing in the competitive landscape is going to change that.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.