Patron of the Vein
Patron of the Vein: Creature - Vampire Shaman, The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{B}{B}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Creature - Vampire Shaman
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 4/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC)
- Released
- 2023-11-17
- Collector number
- 207
- Artist
- Tommy Arnold
- Commander rank
- 3,466 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Patron of the Vein
Patron of the Vein 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 207 in that set, with art by Tommy Arnold. It costs {4}{B}{B} (four generic and two black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 4/4 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Treasure Chest (2016) to The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, destroy target creature an opponent controls.
Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, exile it and put a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Patron of the Vein by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Patron of the Vein
Patron of the Vein 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) #135 | Rare | 2021 |
| Treasure Chest (PZ2) #65727 | Rare | 2017 |
| Commander 2017 (C17) #20 | Rare | 2017 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Patron of the Vein, newest first.
- If Patron of the Vein and a creature an opponent controls die simultaneously (perhaps because they fought or were in combat together), Patron of the Vein's last ability triggers, but Patron of the Vein won't be on the battlefield as that ability resolves. It can't be saved by the +1/+1 counter that would have been put on it. The same is true of any other Vampires you control that die at the same time. Your remaining Vampires will each get a +1/+1 counter.
- Destroying a creature with Patron of the Vein's first ability causes its last ability to trigger if Patron of the Vein is still on the battlefield.
- Patron of the Vein's last ability puts a +1/+1 counter on each Vampire you control, including itself, even if the creature that died can't be exiled (most likely because it was a token).
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Patron of the Vein is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.