Vampire Nighthawk
Foundations 186 • uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Collector number
- 186
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 1 generic mana black mana black mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Black
- Artist
- Jason Chan
- Market price
- $0.24
What it does
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Vampire Nighthawk was originally introduced in the Zendikar expansion in 2009, designed to be a highly efficient, multi-keyword threat. It features a dense combination of flying, deathtouch, and lifelink, a design philosophy intended to create a versatile creature capable of both aggressive offense and defensive stabilization. The card quickly became a staple in black-aligned decks for its ability to trade with much larger creatures while simultaneously padding a player's life total.
The art by Jason Chan, originally appearing in the card's debut, depicts the creature with a dark, predatory elegance that helped cement its status as an iconic black creature. The version appearing in the Foundations set serves as a reprint, maintaining the original mechanics that defined the card's history in the game. It is widely regarded by players as one of the quintessential examples of a perfectly balanced uncommon creature, frequently referenced when discussing utility-based threats.
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