Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz
Legendary Creature — Vampire Demon
Flying
Whenever you sacrifice another permanent, you gain 2 life if this is the first time this ability has resolved this turn. If it's the second time, each opponent loses 2 life. If it's the third time, create a 4/3 white and black Vampire Demon creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8384
Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz hits the board as a flying 3/3 that drains opponents whenever you sacrifice a creature, and draws you a card whenever you lose life — two engines stapled to one body for four mana. The ceiling is high in any aristocrats shell, and Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher decks in particular treat it as a core piece rather than a luxury inclusion.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher
Carmen, Cruel Skymarcher runs a sacrifice-and-recur loop that constantly triggers Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz's drain ability, while Vito's life-loss draw trigger feeds Carmen's own graveyard-matters engine with fresh cards every turn.
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch
Teysa, Opulent Oligarch generates a steady stream of tokens to sacrifice, and every drain trigger from Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz moves the table's life totals in the exact direction Teysa's attrition gameplan wants.
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed turns every dying non-Vampire into a Vampire token, giving Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz a near-constant stream of sacrifice fodder and ensuring the drain triggers compound as the board refills itself.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz does its best work — three opponents means three targets sharing every drain, and the card-draw trigger scales hard in a format where losing life is routine. In Pioneer and Standard, the four-mana slot is competitive enough that Vito needs a dedicated sacrifice or life-loss shell to justify the slot, but those shells do exist and it performs there. Modern is legal but faces a faster clock and more efficient threats at the same cost, so it's a fringe pick. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal, but Vito isn't doing anything close to broken in those formats and won't see meaningful play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data isn't available for Vito, Fanatic of Aclazotz, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. Given its role as a multi-function engine in popular Commander archetypes, supply from the original set will push the price down over time if demand stays moderate — but don't wait on spec logic, just pick it up when you need it.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.