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Vampire Scrivener

Creature — Vampire Warlock

Flying
Whenever you gain life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
Whenever you lose life during your turn, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Foundations Jumpstart
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#13403
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Vampire Scrivener card art
Vampire Scrivener is a lifelink-granting activated ability on a stick — the real draw is pairing it with Agatha's Soul Cauldron to spread that ability across your board without spending the mana each time. A three-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact is a lot to ask, so it lives or dies by the combo shells willing to exploit it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Vampire Scrivener is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats have zero interest in a three-mana 1/1 with no enters-the-battlefield effect. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically in decks that can abuse activated abilities through exiling creatures or copying them en masse. Outside of a dedicated combo shell, Vampire Scrivener is a bulk rare that sits in the binder.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Vampire Scrivener is deep bulk — easy to acquire, easy to cut if the combo never comes together. Prices this low rarely move unless a breakout deck drags them up, so pick it up cheap and don't think twice about the cost.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.