Welcoming Vampire
Creature — Vampire
Flying
Whenever one or more other creatures you control with power 2 or less enter, draw a card. This ability triggers only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $2.20
- EDHREC rank
- #430
Welcoming Vampire draws you a card whenever a creature with power 2 or less enters under your control — once per turn, but on any turn, including opponents' — which turns any token-generating white strategy into a card-advantage engine. Three mana for a 2/3 flier that replaces itself repeatedly is the deal; Clavileño, First of the Blessed decks snap it up at over 80% inclusion because the two cards are designed for each other.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed creates a stream of 2/2 Vampire tokens with flying, and every one of them triggers Welcoming Vampire — the two cards form the core draw engine of that deck, turning each combat into card advantage.
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade cares about creatures entering with counters and manipulating power thresholds, and Welcoming Vampire slots in as a reliable draw engine whenever those small creatures land.
Edgar Markov
Edgar Markov floods the board with 1/1 Vampire tokens via eminence before he ever casts a spell, so Welcoming Vampire converts that token storm into cards every single turn with minimal effort.
Felothar the Steadfast
Felothar the Steadfast rewards playing small, aggressive creatures, and Welcoming Vampire turns that constant parade of low-power bodies into sustained card draw throughout the game.
Arabella, Abandoned Doll
Arabella, Abandoned Doll builds around recurring small creature production, and Welcoming Vampire ensures that engine keeps refueling your hand rather than running out of gas in the mid-game.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Welcoming Vampire lives — any deck that consistently produces creatures with power 2 or less gets a repeatable draw trigger stapled to a 2/3 flier, and white's historic weakness in card draw makes that payoff meaningful. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, three mana for a conditional draw-one is too slow against faster threats, and white aggro decks that want low-power creatures don't need their three-drop to grind cards. Legacy and Vintage have far more broken options at the same slot. Welcoming Vampire is a Commander card through and through — the multi-player table gives it multiple draw windows per round, which is exactly the condition that makes it strong.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.20 cheap tier
At $2.20, Welcoming Vampire sits in the sweet spot where high Commander demand hasn't inflated it past budget range. It's a staple inclusion in multiple high-volume archetypes, so this price reflects genuine play value rather than spec hype — buy it for the effect, not for appreciation.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.