Vulturous Aven
Creature — Bird Shaman
Flying
Exploit (When this creature enters, you may sacrifice a creature.)
When this creature exploits a creature, you draw two cards and you lose 2 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #20938
Vulturous Aven replaces itself and gives you a second card when it dies — five mana for a 2/3 flier that draws two is a real return if you're already in a sacrifice shell. Outside of decks that want to engineer the death trigger, it's overcosted filler.
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, Vulturous Aven earns a slot in sacrifice-focused black decks that can trigger the death ability on demand — it's repeatable card advantage if you're bouncing or recurring it, and a clean two-for-one at minimum. In Pauper, where commons are the ceiling, a 2/3 flier that replaces itself twice is genuinely competitive in aristocrats shells and worth testing. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — the rate is too slow; five mana for this body doesn't clear the bar in those formats regardless of the upside.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
Vulturous Aven is deep bulk at $0.05, and that price reflects exactly what it is — a functional role-player with no crossover demand outside of draft. It's a zero-regret pickup for any sacrifice deck that needs cheap draw, and the price won't move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.