Dirge Bat

Dirge Bat: Creature - Bat, Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths. Mutate 4BB. Flash. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {2}{B}{B}
Mana value: 4
Type: Creature - Bat
Colour identity: Black (B)
Power / toughness: 3/3
Rarity: Rare
Set: Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO)
Released: 2020-04-24
Collector number: 84
Artist: Paul Scott Canavan
Commander rank: 8,041 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Flash, Flying, Mutate

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About Dirge Bat

Dirge Bat is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare black creature from Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO), an expansion set released in April 2020. It is collector number 84 in that set, with art by Paul Scott Canavan. It costs {2}{B}{B} (two generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Mutate {4}{B}{B} (If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)

Flash

Flying

Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Dirge Bat by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

Pioneer	Legal
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 Dirge Bat

Dirge Bat has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80935	Rare	2020
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #80997	Rare	2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #289	Rare	2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths (IKO) #386	Rare	2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #84p	Rare	2020
Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths Promos (PIKO) #84s	Rare	2020

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