Cordial Vampire
Cordial Vampire: Creature - Vampire, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {B}{B}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Vampire
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 189
- Artist
- Winona Nelson
- Commander rank
- 1,848 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Cordial Vampire
Cordial Vampire is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC), a Commander product released in November 2023. It is collector number 189 in that set, with art by Winona Nelson. It costs {B}{B} (two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Modern Horizons (2019) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $2.55 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever this creature or another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
"Please, come in! Hors d'oeuvres are on the table."
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $2.55 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Cordial Vampire by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Cordial Vampire
Cordial Vampire has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson Vow Commander (VOC) #125 | Rare | 2021 |
| Jumpstart: Historic Horizons (J21) #306 | Rare | 2021 |
| Modern Horizons (MH1) #83 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Cordial Vampire, newest first.
- If a Vampire you control is dealt lethal damage at the same time as another creature, they die at the same time. That Vampire can't receive a counter from Cordial Vampire's ability in time to save it.
- If Cordial Vampire dies at the same time as one or more other creatures, its ability triggers for each of them.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Cordial Vampire is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.