Vampiric Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
When this creature enters, you lose 4 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $1.47
- EDHREC rank
- #30027
Vampiric Spirit enters as a 3/3 flier that drains life equal to the damage it deals, but it costs five mana for a body that trades with almost anything in Commander. It's outclassed by every lifelink flier at this price point and rarely worth a slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Vampiric Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in essentially none of them. In Commander, five mana for a vanilla-adjacent 3/3 flier with a life-drain rider is too inefficient — the format's power ceiling demands more from every slot. In Legacy and Vintage, it simply doesn't exist on the radar; those formats have no interest in a five-mana creature without an immediately game-warping effect. Modern is the only format where you could theoretically squeeze it into a fringe life-drain shell, but better options at every mana value make that a losing proposition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.47 cheap tier
At $1.47, Vampiric Spirit sits in the cheap tier, which is about right for a card with negligible competitive demand. Don't expect the price to move — there's no emerging archetype waiting to adopt it.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.