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Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner

Creature — Vampire Wizard // Creature — Vampire Wizard

Flying
Whenever this creature or another nontoken creature you control dies, create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with "{1}, {T}, Discard a card, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.")
Whenever you create a Blood token, if you control five or more Blood tokens, transform this creature.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
rare
Set
Innistrad: Crimson Vow
Price
$0.40
EDHREC rank
#6534
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Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner card art
Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner is a two-mana value engine that turns every Blood token into a 1/1 flier, then flips into a 3/3 flier that makes a Bat on each end step once you've amassed enough. The cost is a creature slot and a Blood-token infrastructure dependency — outside dedicated vampire or Blood-matters shells like Strefan, Maurer Progenitor, it does almost nothing. Run it alongside Falkenrath Forebear and you have a self-sustaining token loop that justifies the slot immediately.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor

57.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Strefan, Maurer Progenitor is the natural home — Strefan, Maurer Progenitor generates Blood tokens on command by dealing combat damage, so Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner flips almost automatically and turns every Blood into a flying body rather than a discard outlet.

04
Olivia Voldaren

Olivia Voldaren

18.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Olivia Voldaren runs a vampire tribal package where every creature contributes to the beatdown plan, and Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner adds air coverage that Olivia Voldaren's ground-focused theft strategy often lacks.

05
Evelyn, the Covetous

Evelyn, the Covetous

10.1% of decks · synergy 0.10

Evelyn, the Covetous triggers off vampires entering from any zone, so the Bat tokens Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner generates each end step stack additional exile-cast triggers for Evelyn, the Covetous to exploit.

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

Commander is where Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner earns its keep — the multiplayer environment gives Blood-token engines enough time to accumulate, and the back half's end-step Bat production snowballs in long games. In Pioneer and Modern it's legal but practically invisible; two-mana creatures need an immediate board impact in those formats, and a conditional token-maker that requires setup doesn't clear the bar. Legacy and Vintage are the same story — the card does nothing in the powered-up, fast-kill environments those formats demand. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander singleton format where a dedicated Sorin or Olivia planeswalker build could abuse it, but that's a narrow case.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Voldaren Bloodcaster // Bloodbat Summoner is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any trade binder or as a throw-in. Bulk rares with narrow, tribal-specific homes rarely appreciate, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.

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