Voracious Vampire
Creature — Vampire Knight
Menace
When this creature enters, target Vampire you control gets +1/+1 and gains menace until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #25240
Voracious Vampire enters and pumps another Vampire you control with +1/+1 and menace — that's a meaningful combat upgrade stapled to a 2/2 body for three mana. Tribal redundancy at this price is fine, but the effect is narrow enough that only dedicated Vampire lists want it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Voracious Vampire is a role-player exclusively in Vampire tribal — outside that shell, a 2/2 for three with a conditional enter-the-battlefield buff doesn't clear the bar. Pauper is where it's most at home competitively, since the common Vampire pool is shallow and menace is a real evasion keyword at that power level. In Modern and Pioneer the card sees no meaningful play; the formats move too fast and the effect is too marginal against non-tribal decks. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason at higher magnitude.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Voracious Vampire is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no price pressure here; grab a copy whenever you're sleeving a Vampire commander and move on.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.