Skeletal Vampire
Commander 2017 126 • rare
- Set
- Commander 2017
- Collector number
- 126
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana cost
- 4 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Wayne Reynolds
- Market price
- $0.36
What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, create two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
3 generic mana black mana black mana, Sacrifice a Bat: Create two 1/1 black Bat creature tokens with flying.
Sacrifice a Bat: Regenerate this creature.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Skeletal Vampire was originally released in the Guildpact expansion for Magic: The Gathering in 2006, designed as a rare creature card representing the Golgari Swarm's macabre aesthetic. The card features art by Aleksi Briclot, who utilized a dark, visceral color palette to emphasize the creature's regenerative mechanics and unsettling anatomy. It was envisioned as a utility card that could sacrifice its own spawn to protect itself, reflecting the cyclical nature of the Golgari guild's philosophy of rot and rebirth.
The 2017 Commander reprint of this card arrived as part of the 'Vampiric Bloodlust' preconstructed deck, which focused on the tribal synergies of the vampire creature type. By this time in the game's history, the card was widely recognized by players for its role in attrition-based strategies. Its inclusion in this set aimed to provide thematic support for players looking to explore vampire-themed decks, maintaining the original artistic integrity while introducing the card to a newer generation of the Commander format audience.
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